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A SIGHTSEER'S GUIDE. 



Diagrams and Engravings of Public Buildings. 






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WASHIIGM, ^ 

WHAT TO SEE, AND HOW TO SEE k"^ 



A SIGHTSEER'S GUIDE. 



Copiously Illustrated by a series of consecutively arranged Route- 
Maps, Diagrams, and Engravings, Directing to, Locating, 
Representing and Describing Places, Buildings, 
and Objects of Interest in the Magnificent 
Governing City of the Nation. 



By de B. RANDOLPH KEIM, 

C WashijTgton Correspojident.) 

Author of "Keim's Hand-Book of Washington and its Environs," "Keim *• 

Official and Social Etiquette," etc., etc 



SIXTEENTH EDITION. 



The Text of this Guide is revised to date. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. : 

COPYRIGHT 1890, BY DET B. RANDOLPH KEIM. 



PRICE, 25 CENTS. 



'Ai WonD TO Sightseers. 

"This small guide to the National Capitol is the best published, because 
it is kept revised, to date, in the body of the book and not only on the title 
page. It is also the most conveniently arranged, having in addition to other 
features, a reference index to the contents of the work. It also has illustra- 
tions and descriptions of the latest objects of interest not found in other works. 

Strangers in the city would do well to examine for themselves, and get a 
description of the capital and its places of interest as they exist to-day, and 
as they will be two or three years hence, and not as they were three or four 
years ago. 

GENERAL INFORMATION. 

Street Car DiRECT'^^RY. — The street railway system of Washington is 
one of the finest in the country; it affords facilities for reaching or passing, 
■within easy distance, every portion of the city and every object of interest. 
With the use of the map in this guide, every place of interest can be located. 
Fare, 5 cents, 6 tickets for 25 cents. Good on all lines. 

The Washington and Georgetown Railroad extends from West Wash- 
ington or Georgetown, south-eaf terly across the city, passing through the 
business portions, by the Washington Aqueduct, Statue of Washington, State 
War and Navy Departments, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Executive Mansion, 
Statues of Lafayette and Jackson, Departments of Justice, and the Treasury; 
Statue of RawUns, Centre Market, and National Guard Armory, Pennsylvania 
R. R. Station, Botanic Garden, Naval Monument, the West Front of the 
Capitol, Grand Stairway, and Statue of Marshal , Statue of Garfield, House 
Wing of the Capitol, Coast Survey, National Library Building, and Marine 
Barracks to the Naval Arsenal gate; distance 4^ miles. 

Branch 1 ines. — Exchange tickets given; New York Avenue and 15th 
Street, N. W., running north on 14th Street, passing Thomas and Luther 
Statues to Boundary, distance i^ miles. Connects for Mount Pleasant and 
northern suburbs every half hour, fare, 3 cents. 

At 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue exchange tickets given, extends 
northward, passing the Departments of the Post Ofifice and Interior (Patent 
Office,) to Boundary, distance 2 miles. Extending southward from Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue, passing near the National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 
Statues of Henry and Daguerre, Zoological Collection, Medical Museum, and 
Central Station, Fish Commission to the wharves of the Mount Vernon, Alex- 
andria, and River and Chesapeake Bay Steamers, distance i^ miles. 

Metropolitan Railroad extends from West Washington near George- 
town College and High Service Reservoir, going east, passes near Oak Hill 
Cemetery, Statue of Dupont, through the " VVesi End," by the British Lega- 
tion, Statutes of Fanagut, Jackson, McPherson, (near) Department of the In- 
terior, (Patent Office,) General Post Oflice, Pension Building, Court House, 
Bait more and Ohio R. R., the Capitol, Senate Wing, National Library, 
Statue of Green (near) to Lincoln Park and Emancipation Statue, distance, 4^ 
miles. 

2 (Continued on page 6.) 



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TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



NAME. 



Agriculture, Dept. of 

Alexandria 

Amusements, Places 

Aqueduct, Washington . . . 

Arlington and Cemetery... 

Army, Headquarters of. . . 

Armory, W. L. Infantry . . 
'* National Rifles. .. 

Asylum, Washington 

Barracks, Washington 

Barracks, Marine 

Bartholdi Fountain 

Battle Cemetery 

Boat Houses 

Botanic Garden 

British Legation 

Cabin-John Bridge 

Capitol, The 

Chain Bridge 

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. 

Churches 

Clubs 

Coast & Geodetic Survey.. 

Columbian University 

Congressional Cemetery. . . 

Convent of Visitation 

Corcoran Gallery of Art. . . 

Court of Claims 

Court House, U. S 

Daguerre Memorial 

Deaf Mute Asyrm& Coll'ge 

Dupont, Statue of 

-Emancipation, Statue of. . . 

Engraving & Printing Bur. 

Executive Mansion . 

Falls of Potomac 

*^Farragut, Statue of 

Fish Ponds, U. S 

Fish Commission Station.. 

Fort Myer 

Fort Stevens 

/ Pranklin Statue 

•^Garfield Statue 

Garfield Hospital 

Georgetown 



LOCATION. 



The Mall 

Virginia 

Directory , 

Rock Creek 

Virginia , 

War Dept , 

I5th& E Sts , 

Gbet. 9th & loth 

C& 19th sts., s.e 

Ft. 4j^ St. w 

8bet. G& I, s.e. .... 

Botanic Garden 

7th St. Road 



Pa. Ave. & 3 St , 

Conn. Av. & N St 

Maryland , 

Capitol Park , 

Maryland 

W. Washington , 

Stranger's Directory.., 

Directory 

N. J. Ave., s. e - 

15th & H sts 

i8th & E sts., s.e 

35th & Psts 

17th & Pa. Ave 

Dept. of Justice 

Judiciary Square 

Smithsonian Grounds . 

E. end M St., n 

Conn. Ave. & P st 

E. Cap. & nth sts.... 

15th & B sts, S.w 

Pre's. Grounds 

Maryland and Virginia . 

Conn. Ave. & I st 

S. of Pres. Park 

6 and B sts. s. w 

Virginia 

7th St. Road 

loth and D sts 

Penna. Ave 

N.end nth st 

W. Washington 



41 
68 

71 

67 
67 

33 
38 
56 
53 
49 
52 
27 

65 

76 
27 

II 

59 

72 

71 

5^ 
58 

53 
59 

36 
55 
44 
64 

59 
54 
41 
29 

66 

5^ 
38 
48 
67 
66 
52 
27 
62 
60 



NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 



Belt Line. 
7th St. Ferry. 

W. & G. R. R. 

(< u 

W. & G. R. R. 

W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
9&7st. branch. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
7th St. Ext'd. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Aqueduct Rd. 
W. & G. R. R. 
River Road. 
W. & G. R. R. 



W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
7th St. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Belt Line. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Aqueduct Rd. 
Met. R. R. 
Belt Line. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 

W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
14th St. Cars. 
W. & G. R. R. 



TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



LOCATION. 



PAGE. 



NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 



Georgetown College 

Glenwood Cemetery 

Gov't Printing Office 

Grand Stairway 

Grasslands 

'^ Green, Statue of 

^ Henry, Statue of 

High School 

High Service Reservoir . . . 

Hospitals and Asylums . . . 

Howard University 

Hotels, Flats, &c 

House of Representatives. 

Insane Asylum 

Interior, Department of. . . 
•^Jackson, Statue of 

Jail, U. S 

Judiciary Square 

Justice, Dept. of 

Lafayette Square 

v^Lafayette Statue 

Library of Congress , 

•^ Library, National 

^<Lincoln Column 

^ Lincoln Statue 

Long Bridge 

Louise Home 

•^Luther, Statue of 

Mall , 

Market, Central 

•^Marshall, Statue of 

Masonic Temple 

McPherson, Statue of. 

Medical Museum Army... 

Metropolitan Club 

Money Order Office 

Monument of Peace 

Mt. Olivet Cemetery 

Mt. Pleasant 

Mt. Vernon 

Mt. Vernon Avenue 

National Museum 

Naval Hospital , 

Naval M onument 

Navy, Dept. of the 

Navy Yard 



W. end 2nd st. W. W. . . 

N. end N. Cap. st 

N. Cap. & H s's 

The Capitol 

Rockville Pike 

C & 5 sts., n. e 

Smithsonian Grounds .. 

bet. 6th & 7th sts 

High & 8th sts. W.W.. 

See Maps 

7th St. Road 

Stranger's Directory 

The Capitol 

District 

F bet. 7th & 9th sts 

Lafayette Square 

19th, bet. B & C, s. e... 
Between D&G4&5 Sts. 

Pa. Av. & 15^ st 

Pa. Ave. I5>^ & i6>^-- 
Pa. Ave. 15 >^ & i6>^ .. 
The Capitol 

1 & 2 E. Cap. & B sts. E 

S. of U. S. C. H 

Lincoln Park 

Foot of 14th st 

Mass. Ave. & 15th 

Vt. Ave. & 14th st 

B N. and B S. sts 



W. of Capitol , 

9th &F sts 

Vt. Ave. & 15th St. 
B and 7 St., S.E.. 

1 7th and H sts 

8& E sts 

Naval Monument. 



14th St. Cars Ext'ed.. 
See Wharves 



The Mall , 

Pa. Av. & 9th St., s. e. 

Pa. Ave. & I st 

S. W. & N. B'dg , 

Ft. of 8th St., s. e 



59 

63 

26 

65 
55 
44 
56 
59 

26 



24 
67 
57 
35 
53 
55 
35 
35 
35 
17 
27 

55 
54 
41 



62 
18 
48 
26 
62 
58 
47 
27 

58 
26 
64 

65 
68 
69 
44 
53 
26 

33 
50 



Met. R. R. 
Columbia R.R. 



Met. R. R. 
7th St. R. R. 
Belt Line. 
Met. R. R. 

7th St. Ext'd. 

Anacostia Rd. 
Anacostia Rd. 
Met.e^'7st.R.R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
VV. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 

W.&G.&Met. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Belt Line. 
r4th St. R. R. 
14th St. R. R. 
7th St. Branch 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Columbia R.R. 
District. 



Belt Line. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 



TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



Oak Hill Cemetery 

Oak View 

Observatory, Naval 

Odd- Fellows' Hall 

Opera Houses 

Patent Office 

Pension Building 

Phto. Office, Treas. Dept. . 

Post-Office, City 

Post-Office, General 

Potomac Marshes 

Propagating Garden 

, Railroad Stations 

* Rawlins, Statue of 

Reform School 

Representatives, House of 

Reservoir 

Rock Creek Church 

Schools 

.'Scott, Statue of. 

Senate Chamber and Wing 

Sewer, Tiber 

Signal Office, U. S 

Smithsonian Instiiution. .. 

Soldiers' Home 

State, Dept. of 

Stairway, Grand 

Socieiies 

Statistics, Bureau of 

Statuary Hall 

Steamers 

Street Cars 

Supreme Court of U. S.. -- 
Terrace, Marble 

Theatres , 

Thomas, Statue of. 

Treasury, Dept. of 

War, Dept. of 

Washington, Description of 

Washington Monument... 

^-Washington, Statue of 

-Washington, Statue of 

Washington, West 

Wayland Seminary 

Wharves, Washington 

Wharves, W. Washington . 



LOCATION. 



N. end 30th st. W. W. . . 

Rockville Pike 

23d & E sts 

7th bet. D & E sts 

Stranger's Directorv 

Bet. F, G, 7th & 9th sts. 

G, bet. 4th & 5th sts 

S. of Treasury 

La. Ave. N. 7th st 

Bet. E, F, 7th & 8th sts. 

See Map 

15th &B sts. s. w 

Stranger's Directory. 

Penna. Av. & 9th st 



PAGE. 



The Capitol. 



District 

See Map 

1 6th & N sts 
The Capitol. 



G, bet. 17th & 1 8th sts. 

The Mall 

District 

1 7th St. & N. Y. Ave. . 

The Capitol 

Stranger's Directory.. . 

15th nr. D sts 

The Capitol 

Stranger's Directory... 

See Map 

The Capitol 

The Capitol 

Stranger's Directory.. . 

14th & M sts 

15th St. & Pa. Ave 

T7th St. & Pa. Ave 



S. of President's Park. 

24th St. & Pa. Ave 

Capitol Grounds 



58 

41 
70 
52 
64 
24 
59,65 
65 

59 
20 



24 
72 

2 
7,18 
26 
72 
62 
36 
33 

7 
3B 
61 

9 

60 



60 



NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 



Met. R. R. 

W. & G. R. R. 

7th St. R. R. 

Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 

Belt Line. 

W. & G. R. R. 
Columbia R. R. 



Met. R. R. 

A. & P. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 

Sil.Spr'gR.R. 
W. & G. R. R. 



W. & G. R. R. 

See Map V. 



14th St. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 

W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
14th St. R. R. 
All R. R.'s. 
W. & G. R. R 



TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



NAME. 



LOCATION. 



White House Pa. Ave. & i6th st 

Work House \ 19th & E sts., s. e 

Y. M. C.A I N. Y. Ave. nr. 14th st. 

Zoological Park I 




NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 



28 W. & G. R. R.. 
55 ! W. & G. R. R. 
72 I Met. R. R. 
66 



(Continued from page 2.) 

Branch Lines, — Exchange tickets given at 9th and F Streets, extends 
northward, passing the Patent Office, to Boundary at the N. end of 7th Street, 
distance i}4 miles. Connects there with Silver Springs branch, passing 
Howard University and Distributing Reservoir, to gate of Soldiers Home. 
Running south from F Street, this branch passes Centre Market, Baltimore 
and Potomac (Pennsylvania) R. R., to the gate of the Washington Barracks, 
2^A miles, foot of 4^^ St , W. Exchange tickets given at 9th St., and New 
York Ave., W. See Columbia R. R. 

Columbia Railroad.— From I5ih Street and New York Avenue, going 
east, passes the Government Printing Office, near the Deaf Mute College, 
and ends at the Baltimore Turnpike, distance 2 miles. Exchange tickets given 
on Metropohtan hne at 9th St. 

North Capitol and O Street, (Belt Line. )— Railroad starts on Mary- 
land Avenue at 41^ and makes an enjoyable circuit of the heart of the city, 
passing various points of interest, returning to place of beginning. (See map, ) 

A branch line runs along the wharves, passing the Bureau of Engraving 
and Printing, near the Department of Agriculture, Washington Monument, 
and Centre Market. 

The Anacostia Railroad.— Starting from foot of 7th Street, passes the 
Naval Arsenal, crosses the Anacostia B idge to Anacostia or (Uriontown) 
near the Government Hospital for the Insane. Transfers. 3 cents. 

Herdic Coaches run from the Naval Arsenal via Penna. Ave. to 22d 
and G St., N. W. Fare, same as horse-cars. Horse-car tickets are also 
received as fare. 

Herdic Cabs are run to any part of the city. Fare, 25 cents, within i 
mile; 75 cents per hour for one passenger; $1 per hour for more than one. 
(Continued on page 70.) 



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fEORGE WASHINGTON, First President of the United States, on 
July i6, 1790, approved the act of Congress establishing the permanent) 
seat of Government of the U. S. on the banks of the Potomac, and by 
proclamation of Jan. 24, 1791, directed the Commis'-ioners, appointed to 
superintend the building of the city, to run the experimental lines of the 
Federal District. On March 30, a proclamation by The President defined 
the permanent lines, the corner stone of which was planted with appropriate 
ceremonies on April 15, following. 




THE CAPITOL, 



The City of Washington, the Capital of the United States of America^ 
is situated on the left or Eastern bank of the Potomac River, at the conflu- 
ence of the Anacostia or Eastern branch of that stream, 106^ miles from* 
the Chesapeake Bay, and 185 miles from the ocean. The latitude of Washr 



ington (Naval Observatory) is 38'^ 5; 



8 N., and longitude 77° 3' 



35 W. of Greenwich. The an-a of the city is 6111 a.; namely, looi a. ave- 
nues and streets; 150 a. pavements; 790 a. public reservations and parks, 
and 4170 a« squares occupied by residences and business places. «9 



THE CAPITOL AND VICINITY. 



CAPITOL AND VICINITY. 



J::! 1 WBi F. I \ I [aaalrri R-r,-^ 




B. Garfield Statue. A. s. National Library Buildini 



THE CAPITOL — STATUE OF WASHINGTON. 



Its Government under the Act of 1874 is managed by three Commissioners 
appointed by the President. The area of the District of Columbia is 65 s. m. 
since the retrocession to Virginia in 1846. "Wxe. poptilatun is 260,000 the City 
representing 220 000 




THE CAPITOL. 



The Capitol occupies a lofty seat on the Western 

edge of the plateau of Capitol hill, 89 1^' above mean 

low water in the Potomac, and overlooking the Wes- 
tern, or official, business and fashionable quarter of 

the city. The surrounding Pai-k comprises 515^ a., 

artistically laid out under the direction of Fred Law 

Olmstead, landscape architect, A marble terrace and 

grand stairway erected on the N., W. and S. greatly 

add to the imposing appearance of the structure. The 

building is 75i'x324', including porticos, the principal 

front being on the E. The ground plan covers about 

3^ a. It is of the Corinthian order, with a rustic 

sub-basement, basement prircipal, und attic stories. 

The original building, of Potomac A quia Creek free 

stone, was commenced in 1793. and the N. and S. 

wings were finished in 1813. The interior was de- 
stroyed in i8i4and rebuilt i8i5-'i9 It was extended 

by the addition of the marble wings in 1851, which 

were occupied, the S. by the House cf Representatives statue of FREEDOXf. 

in 1857, and N. by the Senate in 1859, work, however, was continued tor 12 
years longer. The present Do:r.e of iron, 
erected i856-'63, is 288' from the ground-line 
to the top of the statue of America, and 135^' 
in diameter. Cost, $1,000,000. 

The Statue of America, by Crawford, which 
surmounts the dome, is 19X' high, was placed 
in position in 1863, and cost $24,000. The 
building, to date, cost $15,000,000. (See 
Grand Stairway and Architectural Terrace, 
Page 26.) 

Advancing toward the Capitol from the plaza 
on the east, opposite the central portico stands 
Gveenough's colossal marble Statue of George 
Washhigton, erected in its present position in 
1842. Total cost $44,000. 

On the N. blocking of the central portico, is 
Greenough's marble group, the Settlement of 
America, erected in 1842, cost $24,000, and 
on the S., Persico's marble Stattie of Columbus, 
epresenting the discovery of America, erected 
in 1846, cost $24,000. In the typanum of the 
pediment of the portico is Persico's alto relievoy 

greenough's WASHINGTON. The Genius of America. On the pediment of 








lO 



THE GREAT BRONZE DOOR. 




the Senate portico is Crawford's marble group representing the Progress of 
'Civilization in the United States. Cost $46,000. 

Across the Park E. of the House wing is the building of the National 
Library, in course of erection. 

Having taken a careful view of the Capitol from the E., the tourist should 
now enter by the broad steps of the central portico. Upon a platform here 
temporarily erected, during the ceremony of inauguration, the President of 
the U. S. takes the oath of office in the presence of the people assembled on 
the esplanade in front. Upon reaching the platform of the portico, the tourist 
approaches the fi'reat Bronze Door, or Main Entrance to the Capitol. In the 
niches are the statues of /Var^and War, by Persico, placed in position in 1832, 
cost $12,000 each. The Bronze Door, by Randolph Rogers, is 9' high, weighs 
20,000 lbs. and cost $28,000, representing events in the life of Columbus. 

Casing: A, Asia; B, Africa; C, Europe; 
D, America 

Panels'. I. Columbus before the Council 
of Salamaca. II. Departure of Columbus 
for the Spanish court. III. At the court of 
Ferdinand and Isabella. IV. Departu'-e of 
Columbus from Palos on his first voyage of 
discovery. V. Columbus landed on the 
Island of San Salvador. VI. Encounter 
with the natives. VII. Triumphal entree 
of Columbus into Barcelona. VIII. Col- 
umbus in chains. IX. The death-bed of 
Columbus. 

I. Alexander VI, Roderigo Lenzoli Bor- 
gia, Pope of Rome. 2. Pedro Gonzales de 
Mendoza, Arch-Bishop of Toledo. 3. Ferd- 
inand, King of Spain. 4 Isabella, Queen 
of Spain. 5. Charles VIII, King of France. 
6. Lady Beatriz de Bobadilla, Marchioness 
of Moya, friend of Columbus. It is said the 
hkeness is of Mrs. Rogers, wife of the 
sculptor. 7. John II, King of Portugal, 
who rejected Columbus. 8. Henry VII, 
King of England, appealed to by Bartholo- 
mew Columbus on behalf of his brother. 
9. Juan Perez de Marchena, prior of the 
Convent of La Rabida. 10 Martin Alonzo 
Pinzon, commander of the Pinta. II. Her- 
nando Cortez, conqueror of Mexico. 12. 

Bartholomew Columbus, brother to Chris- j^j^^RAM OF BRONZE DOOR, 
topher. It IS said that the hkeness is of the 

sculptor. 13. Alonzo de Ojeda, a companion of Columbus. 14. Vasco Nunez 
de Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean. 15. Amerigo Vespucci, author of 
the first account of the New World. 16. Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru. 
The head above the lower N. panel represents Washington Irving, and in 
the corresponding position, opposite, W. H. Prescott, historians. 

The tourist now finds himself within the vast Rotunda of the Capitol, 96' 
in diameter and 180' from the pavement to the canopy. Over the doors are 



A 


15 

13 

11 
9 










16 

14 

12 
10 


B. 
D 


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2 1 


VI 










III 


4 


3 


VII 












II 


6 


5 


VIII 












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8 


7 


IX 























ROTUNDA SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS. 



II 



rude Alto Relievos; E. door, Landing of the Pilgrims, Caucici; W., Poca- 
hontas saving the life of John Smith, Capellano; N., Penn's Treaty with the 
Indians, Gavelet; S., Daniel Boone. Over the panels are busts, also in Alto 
Relievo, of Columbus, Kaleigh, Cabot and La Salle. 

In the eight panels are the celebrated historical paintings, as follows : 




The Landing of Columbus, 1492. — John Vanderlyn, 1842; $10,000. 

I, Columbus; 2, Martin Alonzo Pinzon; 3, Vincent Yannez PinzonJ 
4, Rodrigo des Escobedo, notary; 5, Rocri o 
neer in a 
10, Sailor; 



Sanchez, inspector; 6, Muti- 



suppliant attitude; 7, Alonzo de Ojeda; 8, Cabin i:ioy; 9, Soldier, 
; II, Friar. The Vessels are the^Santa Maria, Pinta and the Nina. 




The Discovery of the Mississippi Rivera p.y De Soto, 1541.— W. H. 
Powell, 1850; $12,000. 
I, De Soto; 2, Moorish Servant; 3, Confessor; 4, Young Spanish Cava- 
lier; 5, Cannon dragged up by artillerymen ; 6, Men planting the cross; 7, 
Kcclesiastic bearing a censer; 8, An aged priest blessing the cross; 9, A sol- 
dier dressing his wound; 10, Camp chest, with arms, helmets and other im- 
plements of War; II, A group ot standard bearers and helmeted men; 12. 
Two young Indian maidens; 13, Indian chiefs bearing pipes of peace. 



ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 




Tiiz Baptism of PocahonTxVS, 1613. — J. G. Chapman, 1S3. 

I, Pocahintas; 2, Tohn Rolfe; 3, Alexander Whiteaker; 4, Sir Thomas 
Dale, Governor; 5, Sister to Pocahontas; 6, Naniequius, lirother to J'oca- 
honias; 7, Opechancanough; 8, Opachisco, Uncle to Pocaho.itas; 9 Richard 
•Wyflin; lo, Stancard Bearer; II, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, the first gentle- 
woman who arrived in the colony; 12, Henry Spilman; 13, John 
Laydon, first persons married in the country; 14, i he Page. 



,000. 



nd 




The Embarkation of the Pilgrims at Delft Haven, PIolland, 1620. 
— Robeit W. Wier, 1S40; $10,000. 
I, William Robinson, pastor; 2, Elder William Brewster; 3, Mrs, Brew- 
ster and sick child; 4, Governor Carver; 5, William Bradford; 6, Mr. and 
Mrs. White; 7, Mr. and Mrs. Winslow; 8, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller; 9, Miles 
Standish and his wife Rose; 10, Mrs. Bradford, who fell overboard the day 
the vessel came to anchor; ii, Mrs. Carver and child; 12, Captain Reynolds 
and sailor; 13, Boy belonging to the Carver family; 14, Boy in charge of 
Mrs. Winslow; 15, Boy belonging to Mrs. Winslow's family; 16, Nurse. 



ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 



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Signing THE Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.— John Trum- 
bull, 181 7; $8,000. 
I, George Wythe, of Va.; 2, William Whipple, and 3, Josiah Bartlett, of 
N H ; 4, Benjamin Harrison, of Va.; 5, Thomas Lynch, of S. C.; 6, Rich- 
ard Henry Lee, of Va ; 7, Samuel Ac ams, of Mass^; 8, George Clinton, of 
N Y • g WiUiam Paca, and 10, Samuel Chase, of Md.; Ii, Lewis Morns, 
and ;2, William Floyd, of N. Y.; 13, Arthur Middleton, and 14, Thomas 
Hevvvard of S. C; 15, Charles Carroll, of Md.; 16, George W alton of Ga.; 
17 Robert Morris, 18, Thomas Willing, and 19, Benjamin Rush, of Perm.; 
20 Eldridge Gerry, and 21, Robert Treat Paine, of Mass.; 22 Abraham 
Clark of N J.; 23, Stephen Hopkins, and 24, William Ellery, of R. L; 25, 
George Clymer, of Penn.; 26, William Hooper, and 27, Joseph Hewes, of 
N C- 28 James Wilson of Penn.; 29, Francis Hopkmson. of N. J.; 30, John 
Adam's, of Mass.; 31, Roger Sherman, of Conn.; 32, Robert L. Livingston, 
of NY.; 33, Thomas Jefferson, of Va.; 34, Benjamin Pranklm, of 1 enn ; 
35, Richard Stockton, of N. J ; 36, Francis Lewis of N. Y; 37, John \yith- 
erspoon, of N. J.; 3^, Samuel Huntington, 39, W ilham Williams, and 40, 
Oliver Wolcott, of Conn.; 41, John Hancock, of Mass.; 42, Charles Thomp- 
son, of Penn.; and continuing, 43. George Read, of Del.; 44; John Dickinson, 
of Penn.; 45, Edward Rutledge, of S. C; 46, Thomas McKean, of Del.; 47, 
Philip Livings^ton, of N_. Y. 




The^uSend^ofBurgoyne at Saratoga, 
bull, 181 7; $8,000. 



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ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 



The 3 fig^ves in the distance are, I, Maj. Lithgow, of Mass.; 2, Col. Cilly, 
and 3, Gen, Starke, of N. H.; and in the Key, 4, Capt. Seymour, of Conn., 
of Shelden's Horse; 5, Maj. Hull, and 6, Col. Greaton, of Mass.; 7, Maj. 
Dearborn, and 8, Col. Scammell, of N. H.; 9, Col. Lewis, of N. Y., Quar- 
termaster-Gen.; 10, Major-Gen. Phillips, of the British Army; 11, Lieut.- 
Gen. Burgoyne, Commander of the British forces; 12, Gen. Baron Reicesel, 
of the British Army (German); 13, Col. Wilkinson, Dep. Adj. Gen. of the 
American Army; 14, Gen. Gates, Commander of the American forces; 15. 
Col, Prescott, of Mass. Volunteers; 16, Col. Morgan, of the Va, Riflemen; 
17, Brig. -Gen, Rufus Putnam, and 18, Lieut.-Col. I^rooks, of Mass.; 19, Rev, 
Mr. Plitchcock, of R. I,, Chaplain; 20, Major Robert Troup, of N. Y., Aid- 
de Camp; 21, Major Plaskell, of Mass.; 22, Maj, (after Gen,) Armstrong' 
Aid-de-Camp; 23, Maj -Gen. Philip Schuyler, of N. Y.; 24, Brig.-Gen. 
Glover, of Mass.; 25, Brig.-Gen. Whipple, of the N. H. Militia; 26, Maj. 
Clarkson, of N. Y. Aid-de-Camp; and 27, Maj. Stevens, of Mass., command- 
ing artillery. 










The Surrender of Cornwallis^ Oct. 1781. — John Trumbull, 181 7; 

The first 2 figures, I, Count Deuxponts; 2, Duke de Laval Montmorency, 
and in the Key, 3, Count Custine, Colonels of French Lifantry; 4, Duke de 
Lauzun, Col. of French Cavalry; Gen. Choizy; 6, Viscount Viomeuil; 7, 
Marquis de "t. Simon; 8, Count Fersc, and 9, Count Dumas, Aid-de-Camp 
to Count Kochambeau; lo. Marquis Chastellux; 11, Baron Viomeuil; 12, 
Count de Barre, and 13, Count de Grasse, Admirals in the French Navy; 
4, Count Rochambeau, Gen-in-Chief of the French forces; 15, Gen, Lincoln, 
American Army; 16, Col, Stevens, American Artillery; 17, Gen, Washmg- 
ton, Commander-in-Chief; 18, Thomas Nelson, Gov. of Va ; 19, Marquis 
Lafayette; 20, Baron Steuben; 21, Col. Cobb, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Wash- 
ington; 22,Col. Trumbull, Secretary to Washmgton; 23, Maj, Gen. Clinton, 
of N. Y,; 24, Gen. Gist, of Md,; 25, Gen. Wayne, of Penn ; 26, Gen, Hand, 
ofPenn,, Adjutant General; 27, Gen. Peter Muhlenburg, of Penn,; 28, Maj.- 
Gen. Knox, Commander of Artilery; and continuing towards the r., 29, 
Lieut,. Col, Huntingdon, acting Aid to Gen. Lincoln; 30, Col. Timothy 
Pickering, Quartermaster Gen.; in the Key. 31, Col. Alexander Hamilton, 
commandinfT Light Infantry; 32, Col. Laurens, of S. C; 33, Col. Walter 
Stuart, of Penn., and 34, Col. Nicholas Fish, of N. Y. 



THE FRIEZE AND CANOPY OF THE ROTUNDA. 



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General Washington Resigning His Commission at Annapolis, Md.^ 
Dec. 23, 1783. — John Trumbull, 1817; $8,000. ^ 

I, Thos. Mifflin, of Penn., President of Ccngress; 2, Chas. Thompson, of 
Penn.; 3, Elbridge Gerry, of Mass.; 4, Hugh Williamson, of N. C.; 5. 
Samuel Osgood, of Mass.; 6, Ed'w McComb, of Del; 7, Geo. Partridge, of 
Mass.; 8, Ed'w Lloyd, of Md.; 9, R. D. Spaight, of N. C.; 10, Benj. Haw- 
kins, of N. C.; II, A. Foster, of N. H.; 12, Thomas Jefferson, and 13, 
Arthur Lee, of Va.; 14, Dav. Howell, of R. L; 15, James Monroe, of Va ; 
16, Jacob Reed, of S. C., all members of Congress; 17, Jas. Madison, of 
Va., spectator; 18, William EUery, of R. L; 19, Jeremiah Townley Chase, 
of Md.; 20, S. Hardy, of Va., and 21, Charles Morris, of Penn., members of 
Congress; 22, General Washington, of Va.; 23, Cols. Walker, and 24, Hum- 
phreys, aids-decamp; 25 and 26, Gens, Smallwood and Williams, and 27 
and 28, Cols. Smith and Howard, of Md.; 29, Charles Carroll and two daugh- 
ters, of Md.; 30, Mrs. Washington and her three grand-children; and 31, 
Daniel Jenifer of St. Thomas of Md., spectators. 

On the ftiez% 300' in circumference and 9' high, beginning over the W, 
door of the Rotunda, are representations in fresco in chiaro-oscuro, by Bru- 
midi: i, America and History; 2, Landing of Columbus; 3, Cortez and 
Montezuma; 4, Pizarro invading Peru; 5, Burial of De Soto in the Missis- 
sippi River; 6, Rescue of John Smi h by Pocohontas; 7, Landing of the 
Pilgrims; 8, Penn's Treaty. Executed by Costiggini upon the death of Bru- 
midi. 9, Colonization of New England; 10, Ogelthorpe and Muscogee 
Indians; ii, Battle of Lexington; 12, Reading of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence; 13, Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown; 14, Death of Tecumseh; 
15, Gen. Scott's entree into the City of Mexico. 16, Discovery of gold in Cal- 
ifornia; 17, Completion of the Pacific .Railroad; 18, First Centennial of Ind- 
ependence at Phila. 

The Canopy, executed by Brumidi, in fresco, is 65 1^' in diameter, 180' 
from the pavement of the Rotunda, and cost $50,000. In the centre is por- 
trayed Washington with Freedom on his r. and victory on his 1. The 13 
female figures represent the 13 original States. The Groups on the outer 
zone are: I, The fall of Tyranny; ^2, Agriculture; 3, Mechanics; 4, Com- 
merce; 5, Marine; 6, Arts and Sciences. 



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THE PRINCIPAL STORY OF THE CAPITOL 



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-^^ Leaving the Rotunda by the W. door, the visitor 
J reaches the Libmyy of Congress, open from 9. a. m. to 
I 4 p. m. This cons'ists of a central Hall 91 >^'x34', and 
% two wings each 95x29^' and 38' high. The Library 
c now conniprises 650,000 volumes, and 300,000 pamph- 
o lets, and is the largest in the U. S., and 5th in the 
U world. It is fire-proof throughout. Returning to the 

Rotunda and passing through the N. door on the L, 
-g II leads to the Dome. A few steps beyond is the 

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from 10 through 19 on Diagram.- This room is 75'x45' 
and 45' high. On the E. is a screen of Ionic Columns 

'of variagated Potomac Marble with Italian Marble 
Capitals. On consoles on the W. wall are marble 
busts of the Chief Justices of the U. S. The Sessions 
of the Court begm on the 2d Monday in October and 
last until May. Just before 12 m. is the best time to 

: visit the Court Room during the days of sessions. 



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DIAGRAM OF THE SUPREME COURT ROOM. 



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the Court Officers and Counsel at the Bar. 




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THE GRAND STAIRCASE— SENATE BRONZE DOOR. 



In the Robing Room, are portraits of Chief 
Justices Jay, Marshall, Chase and Taney. 
The Messenger will admit visitors if the room 
be not occupied. Here the Justices put on 
their robes prior to going on the Bench, Con- 
tinung to the S. corridor and thence turning 
E. to the E corridor, 28 is the Easto-n Grand 
Staircase, which leads to the Ladies', Sena- 
tors' Family, and Diplomatic Galleries. The 
staircase is constructed of polished Tennessee 
Marble. At the foot is Power's Statue of 
Benjamin Franklin, of Penn., cost, $10,000. 
Over the landing is Powell's painting of 
Perryi^s Victory on Lake Erie in 18 13, cost, 
$25,000. (See Diagram for Attic Story and 
Galleries.) Thence proceed into the Senate 
Vestibule (30). At the E. end (29) is the 
Senate Bronze Door, by Crawford, cost, $50.- 
000, representing: I. Battle of Bunker Hill 
and death of Warren, June, 1776; H. Battle 
of Monmouth, June, 1778, Rebuke of Gen. 
Lee; HL BattleofYorktown, October, 178 1, 
Hamilton's Capture of the Redoubt; IV. 
Washington's welcome at .Trenton, April, 
1789; V. Inauguration of Washington, first 



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THE SENATE CHAMBER. 



20 - THE MARBLE ROOM SENATE CHAMBER. 



President, in N. Y. City, April 30, 1789. John Adams, Vice-President, 
stands on his r.; Chancellor Livingston administers the oath, and Mr. Otis, 
Secretary of the Senate, holds the Bible. The remaining figures are Alex- 
ander Hamilton, Gens. Knox and St. Clair, Roger Sherman and Baron 
Steuben; VI. Laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol, Sept. 18, 1793. 
On the N. side of the vestibule is the Senate Com. on the District of Colum- 
bia, (32,) beautifully frescoed by Brumidi. Visitors can enter. Next proceed 
to 34, Senator's Ante- Room, a rich apartment, and 33, Sergeant-at- Arm's 
Room, also attractively finished. 

Should the Senate be in session visitors cannot pass the door at No. 35 
without permission from a Senator. It v^^ould be proper to send a card to a 
Senatorial acquaintance asking this permission. He will send a page to con- 
duct his friends to the Bronze Stairs, (35,) cost $5,000. There are four of 
these in the building. Thence to the Vice-Py-esidenfs Room, (36.) Here is 
Rembrandt Peale's Fainting of Washington, and marble busts of Pres. pro. 
temp. Foster, of Conn., and Vice-President Wilson, who died in this room. 
The messenger at the door can admit visitors. 

Having now entered the Senate Lobby, on the r. pass into the Marble, or 
Senator's Reception Room, (40,) and on the 1., when the Senate is not in 
session, pass upon the floor of the Senate. 

The Senate Chamber (visitors admitted on the floor when the Senate is notin 
session) is 113X xSo^' and 36' high. The Cloak Rooms on the 
outer sides reduce the floor to 83^51'. The galleries are over the cloak 
Rooms and will seat 1200 persons. (See Diagram of attic story and galleries 
for location of galleries, and of the Chamber for seats of Senators and officers.) 
The ceiling is of iron and the room is lighted from the loft above. 

By Senate resolution, 1886, authority was given to have made and placed in 
the niches in the galleries marble busts of those who have been Vice-Presi- 
dents. They are now in the hands of the sculptors, and will be placed in 
position as rapidly as finished. 

Returning to the lobby, continue W. to the President's Room, (41.) This 
is one of the finest rooms in the building. Admission may be had, should 
the door be locked, through the messenger in the corridor near by. If the 
door be unlocked, enter. vVhenever the President visits the Capitol he oc- 
cupies this apartment and sends, by a page, for those whom he wishes to see. 
The medallions represent Washington and his first Cabinet. The ceiling is 
also richly frescoed, and the wall> finished in gilt. Opposite the entrance 
the Bronze Staircase (35) is similar to that E. of the lobby. Take the W. 
corridor to the West Grand Staircase, of American White Marble, a very 
beautiful piece of work. At the foot is Stone's heroic Statiie of John Han- 
cock, cost, $5,500, and over the first landing. Walker's painting of the 
Storming of Chapultepec, Mexico, Sept. 13, 1847, cost, $6,000. The Ameri- 
can Army is commanded by Gen. Scott, and pursuing the fleeing Mexicans 
into the City of Mexico. 



SENATE WING, ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. 



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THE CAPITOL- 



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-ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. 

5. Store-Rooms Sen. Doc. Room. 



At this point the visi- 
tor should ascend to the 
attic story and galleries. 
The Diagrams will indi- 
cate points of interest on 
this fl. See Keim's Cap- 
,-&^;^^£^c^^,^^^^^ j,^j Interior for Senators 
I " [| t!| in their seats. The Senate 
%> <Mf ^ assembles at 12 m. The 
^' ±0. & A best time to visit the 
Senate galleries during 
the sessions is just be- 
fore that hour. The 
general debates usually 
commence after the 
"morning hour," about 
I 30 p. m. 

M.\iN Building.— 2. 
Store Rooms Congress- 
ional Library. 3. Stairs 
to the Dome. 4, 5. Store-Rooms Sen. Doc. Room. 7, 8. Senate Commit- 
tee on Additional Accommodations for the Congressional Library. 6. The 
Lbrary of the Sen. 30,000 volumes. 9, ii, 12, 13. Sen. Doc. Rooms. 10. 
Sen. Com. Nicaraguan Claims. 

Senate Wing. — 14. E. Grand (Marble) Staircase, and Powell's Painting 
of Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, 1813, and Heaton's Recall of Columbus. 
16. S. Corridor. 

Galleries. — 15, 17. Ladies' Gallery. 18. Diplomatic Gallery. 19. 
Gentlemen's Gallery. 20. Press Reporters' Gallery. 21. Ladies' Gallery 
and Reserved Gallery. 22. Ladies' Retiring-Room. 23. Hall, containing 
Moran's Paintings of the Canon of the Yellowstone, and Chasm of the Col- 
orado, cost, $10,000 each, and portraits of Webster, Clay and Calhoun. 24. 
Ante room to Ladies' Gallery, and paintings of -'The First Fight of the 
Ironclads," and The Electoral Tribunal of 1877, and portraits of Gen. Dix 
and Senator Sumner. 

25. Sen, Com. on Private Land Claims. 26. Sen. Com. on Claims. 27. 
Sen. Conference Room. 28. E. Corridor. 29, 30. Sen. Com. on Printing. 
31. W. Corridor. 32. W. Grand (Marble) Staircase, and Walker's Painting 
of the Storming of Chapultepec and Wilson Peales' portrait of Washington. 
33) 34- Sen. Com. on Public Buildings and Grounds. 35. Stairs Illuminating 
Loft. 36. Sen. Com. on Transportation. 37. Sen. Com. on Railroads. 38. 
Sen. Com. on Privileges and Elections. 39. Elevator for Senators. 40. 
Sen. Com. on Commerce. 41. Sen. Com. on Engrossed Bills. 42. Press 
Telegraph Office. 43 Press Reporters' Retiring- Room. 

The visitor having viewed the points of interest on the Attic Floor of the 
Senate wing, and having passed some time in the Senate Galleries, the Sen- 
ate being in session, should now return to the corridor and proceed thence to 
the Elevator at No. 39 or 28 samti fl., and descend by that means or by the 
Staircases, 14 or 32, to the Basement Story and see the frescoes and other 
features of interest in this portion of the Capitol. The visitor may enter any 
of the Com.mittee Rooms found unlocked or open, for the purpose of exam- 



22 



THE CAPITOL, BASEMENT STORY. 



ining the the frescoes. When locked, inquiry from the messenger on the 
floor may gain them admission. 

Objects of Interest in the Capitol Basement — Senate Wing. — 
The walls and groined ceilings of the corridors are frescoed, representing 
events and personages in American history, and representations of the fauna 
and flora of the U. S. 

The Room of the Sen. Com. on Indian Affairs is beautifully frescoed. The 
Stairs on the W. Corridor lead to the Sub-Basement and Senate Heating and 
Ventilating Apparatus. The machinery here is very interesting and should 
he visited. The Sen. Com. on Library is appropriately frescoed. The Room 
ol the Sen. Com. on Military Affairs has the finest Frescoes, representing 
the Boston Massacre; Battle of Lexington; Death of Wooster; Washington 
at Valley Forge, and Capture of Stony Point. The Room on Naval Affairs 
is elaborately frescoed, representing Marine Dieties, &c. 

The Room on Foreign Relations is also frescoed. 

The Restaurant is open to the public. 

The Main Building.— .V. of the dipt —Contains the Senate Baths. The 
Law Library, containing nearly 100,000 volumes, and largest in the U. S. 
The Crypt, formed of 40 Doric Columns. The Star in the pavement is the 
centre of the Capiiol, and formerly the meridian of the U. S. Beneath is the 
Undercroft or Vault in which it was proposed to place the remains of Wash- 
ington, The Crypt has been reduced in size by temporary rooms walled oft 
for the Congressional Library. Upon it rests the superstructure of the dome. 
The steps lead to Sub-Basement and Undercroft, 

S. of the Crypt. — Contains nothing of special interest. 

The House Wing. — The Main Corridor to S. Entrance, I45'x25', con- 
sists of a fine marble colonade. The Restaurant is open to the public. The 
H. Com. on Indian Affairs, contains a collection of Paintings of Indian Life. 
The Room of the H. Com. on Agriculture is appropriately Frescoed. The 
Steps lead to Sub-Basement, Heating and Ventilating Apparatus. 

Having finished on the basement story visitors should first ascend by the 
elevators near 59 and 65 to the House Attic Story and Galleries. 

House V^ ing, Attic 
Story. -I. Store-Room 
Congressional Library. 
44, 46. Store-Room H. 
Library. 45. House 
Document Room. 
47. E. Grand (Marble) 
Staircase, and Carpen- 
ters Paintin g of the sign- 
ing of the Proclamation 
of Emancipation, Sept. 
22, 1862, presented to the 
U.S by Mary E.Thomp- 
son, and portrait of 
Henry Clay. 49. Library 
of the House, contains 
120,000 volumes of Pub- 
lic Docs, for reference. 

Galleries. -'^o. Ladies' 




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the HOUbE WING 



attic story and galleries. 



HOUSE WING, ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. 



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and Private Galleries. 51. Private and Representatives' Family Galleries. 
52. Diplomatic Gallery. 53. Press Reporters' Gallery. 54. Private Gal- 
lery for Ladies. 55. Gentlemen's Gallery. 

56. H. Com. on Foreign Affairs. 57. H. Com on the Judiciary. 58. H. 
Com on Commerce. 59. H. Com. on Public Lands. 60, 61. Ladies' 
Retirifig Room ; a Matron is in attendance. 62. Press Reporters' Writing- 
Room. 63. Press Telegraph Office. 64. Ante-room. 65, H. Com. on 
Pacific Railroads and Pensions. 66. H. Com. on Elections. 67. H. Com. 
on Railways, Canals and Patents. 68. H. Com. on the District of Columbia. 
69, 70. H. Com. on Banking and Currency. 71. W. Grand (Marble) Stair- 
case, and Leutze's Chromo Silica, Westward Ho. 




THE HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

From this floor the visitor should enter the Galleries, if the House of Re- 
presentatives be in session, (hour of meeting, 12 m.,) and pass a few moments 
in following the debates, with the aid of 

Keim's Capitol Interior (to be had at Capitol News-stands) for seats of 
Representatives. 

From the Attic Story the visitor should descend at once to the Principal 
Story, and thence proceed to the Lobby, 70, S. of the Hall of Representa- 
tives, (see Diagram, page 16, for references.) The Lobby and Hall m^y be 
entered by visitors except when the House of Representatives is in session. 
It is therefore, desirable to reach this portion of the building before 12 m., 
during sessions of Congress. In the Lobby is a gallery of futures of the 
Speaker's of the Housse of Representatives. The Representatives' Retiring 
Rooms, 76-78, S. of the Lobby, form a fine suite of apartments. N. of the 



24 THE HOUSE WING, PRINCIPAL STORY. 



Lobby is the Hall of Representatives A ^^^ nq'xQ^' and -26' \^\<T\^ Ti,^ 
;;floor" is Ii5'x67' and contains D^Vfor 325^\epresentativ?s' and I 
Delegates The Cloak and Retiring Rooms opln^#th^e Han! The (7^/ 
W. over them will seat 2500 persons. The Hall is lighted, both by day 
and night from the ceiling, which consists of panels formed of iron gfrders 

hT^^F-'^t^^^''''^ decorated with appropriate centre pieces. On the r 
of he Chair is the pedestal which supports The Mace, the insignia of authority 
of the House which is placed there by the Sergeant-at-Arms or his represent 

ative when the House is called to order. On the E. of the Chair is Vander- 
iy^^^^^p-L^^gth Portrait oi President Washington, and on the W Arv 
l^^Itl^L'"''^'''^''\^^'''''^''H ^^Za>^.//., presented to Congress by the 
S^^^tld/J^-- .^"^ ^^' P^"'^' ^V""^ ^- «^ th^ ^°°^s «f the Lobby,^ are 
^ZT^TtrTT 'f!'^'^''^''',V\'^'^^^^^^^^o/ California, and TheBts. 
covery of the Hudson River and in the W panel a fresco of Washington de- 
manding the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va., 1781." At the foot 

rl '*. '.f ^'n -^^^'rr'.^- ^.^ ^^^ "^"' '^ P°^^^'^ Statue of Jefersol 
cost, $10 000. Over the landing is Carpenter's painting of the Signing of te 
Proclamation of Emanapatton, by President Lincoln, in the presence^of h s 
W oT L t5 ii^-^'i ^vP'^'^^^^'l^^ Congress by Mrs. Marv £. Thompson, 
W of the Hall IS the W. Grand Staircase, at the foot of which is Vincenti's 
T ^tf.'c rl °^ ^%'r^"^'// ^ Chippewa Warrior. Over the landing i 
H?l f fT '^'^•"^' f ^-^^^^^^'^ ^-> cost, $20,000. The Golden Gate, 
Harbor of San Francisco, beneath, is by Bierstadt. 

The Room of the Com on Ways and Means (67) is richly frescoed. In 
the room of the Com on Military Affairs (63) is Lieut.-Col. Eastman's collect 

r.ntc -P^K- '^' ? f^ ^T"^]^.^^ ^^''^ °^ ^^^ ^^- S. The rest of the apart- 
ments in this part of the building are without special interest 

dnnrTrtS ^h£^°"^^ ^f §' the connecting corridor, (59,) opposite the mam 
door of the House leads to the National Statuary Hall, (58.) This mag- 
nificent apartment, before the extension of the Capitol, was occupied by the 
W^^ ? Representatives. It consists of a semi-circle of 96' chord, and 57' 
high In 1864 Congress invited each State to furnish, not exceeding two 
marble or bronze statues of its deceased citizens, illustrious for distinguished 
civil, or military service, and designated this Hall to receive them. The Statues 
m marble, except where otherwise stated, received in the order of their ores- 
entation to Congress, and no^ placed in position are: 

Rhode Island.— .^^^^r Williams, promoter of Civil and Religious Lib- 
erty in America, by Simmons, and Gen. Nathaniel Greene, of the Continental 
Army by Brown Connecticut. - y^«^//5«;z Trumbull, a Patriot of the 
Revolution, and from whom the term -Brother Jonathan" orignated, and 
Roger Sherman, one of the Committee to Draft the Declaration oT Independ- 
ence, both by Ives. New Yo^K.-George Clinton, Signer of the Declaration 
of Independence, and Vice-President of the U. S., by Brown, and Robert R. 
Lvvingstoi^ Chancellor who administered the oath to President Washington, 
1759, by Palmer, both bronze. 

MAsSACHUSETTS.-y^/J« Winthrofi, first Governor of Massachusetts, 1630. 
by K S. Greenough and Samuel Adams, an early advocate of American 
Liberty, by Miss Whitney. Vermont.— ^//5a« Allen, Captor of Fort Tic- 
onderoga "in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress," 
by Mead, and Jacob Collamer, a Senator, by Powers. Mai^^f..— J Vtlliam 
King, first Governor of Maine, 1820, by Simmons. Pennsylvania —Rob- 
ert J^ulton, inventor and pioneer in Steam as a motive power for navigation 



THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL. 



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by Roberts, and Gen. Peter Gabriel Muhlenbers^^ of the Continental Army, 
by Miss Nevin. Ohio. — James A. Garfield, President of the U. S., 1881, 
and William Allett, U. S. Senator, 1837-49, and Governor of Ohio, 1874-6, 
both by Niehaus. New Jersey. — Richard Stockton, Signer of the Declara- 
tion of Independence, 1776, and Philip Kearney, Union General, killed at 
Chantilly, Va., 1862, latter bronze, both by H.'K. Brown. Michigan. — 
Levins Cass, Senator and Secretary of State, by D. C. French. 




lONAL SIATUARY HALL. 

Among the other Statues in the Hall are Thomas Jefferson, Author of the 
Declaration of Independence, by P. T David D' Angers. Alexander Hamil- 
ton, first Secretary of the Treasury, Horatio Stone, and Abraham Lincoln, 
by Miss Vinnie Ream. Over the N. door is Franzoni's Clock, representing 
the Car of Time. In the floor, near the S. W. corner, is a small brass plate 
marking the spot where John Q. Adams fell, Feb'y 21, 1848, two days before 




STORY'S MARSHALL. 



NAVAL MONUMENT. 



26 STATUES OF MARSHALL AND GARFIELD— THE BOTANIC GARDEN. 



he died. In the • room N. E., part of the same hall, is a marble bust com- 
memorating his death, which occured there. 

The hall also presents some very remarkable acoustic phenomena, which 
will be explained by persons near by, familiar with the hall. 

From the Statuary Hall pass into the Rotunda, and leave the building by 
the W. door and steps. At this point the marble 

Grand Stairway and Architectural Terrace may be examined, the Stair- 
way consisting of a 
double flight of steps, 
44' and 48' wide as- 
cending 40' in 120' 
from top to bottom, 
and the Terrace 884' 
long in front and 304' 
long on the sides, or 
total length 1,492', 
60' wide and 28' 
clear height. Total 
cost, $8 1 5, 000; built, 
1880-90. 

At the foot of the 
terrace is Story's 
heroic bronze statue 
of John Marshall, 
Chief J ustice of the 
U. S., i8oi-'35, 
erected in 1884, by 
the Congress and 
the Bar of the United 
States. Cost of Statue 
and Pedestal, $40,- 
000. The bassi re- 
lievi represent Min- 
erva dictating the 
Constitution to 
America, and Com- 
merce and Education 
bringing forward a 
young boy. Agricul- 
ture, in one panel, 
and Victory bringing 
forward America to 
swear allegiance on 
the altar of the 
Union, in the other. 
The tourist will 
now take either of 
WARD'S GARFIELD. the broad walks to 

the Botanic Garden. Passing the Naval Monument, or Monument ot 
Peace, by Franklin Simmons, at the Pennsylvania Ave. entrance to the 
Park. It was designed by Admiral Porter, U. S. N., executed in Marble, 
erected in 1877, cost $21,000. It was paid for from subscriptions by the 




THE NATIONAL LIBRARY. 



27 



Officers of the Admiral's fleet after the fall of Fort Fisher, and Secretary of 
the Navy, Borie, and others. It is 44' high ; represents History recording 
the woes narrated by America. On the W. plinth Victory is crowning Nep- 
tune and Mars, and on the E. Peace offers the olive branch. Congress ap- 
propriated $20,000 for the foundation and basin, and the latter statues. 

In front of the Conservatories of the Botanic Gardens is the Bartholdt 
Fountain, 30' high wiih 9 outlets and an illuminating apparatus of 12 lamps- 
ignited by electricity, thus giving the effect of light and water. Cost, $6,000. 

The numbers on Map P. 8 indicate the places of interest in the Garden, 
as follows: I. Rotunda of Conservatory, temperature 80° Fahr, containing 
varieties of Palms. 2. E. wing, temperature 40° and Range 50°. Plants of 
the South Sea Islands, South Africa, and Australia. 3. W. wing and Range, 
same temperature as E., Plants of China, Japan, East and West Indies, andj 
Mexico. 4. Office of Superintendent. 5, 6. Propagating Houses. 7.. 
Residence of Superintendent. 8. Packing Propagating Houses. 

At the Maryland Ave. entrance to the Capitol Park stands the bronze statue 
of James A. Garfield, President of the U. S., by John Q. A. Ward; total 
height, 18'. The recumbent figures represent ihe Student, Warrior and 
Statesman. Erected by his comrades of the Army of the Cumberland, 1887. 
Cost of statue, $33,500; pedestal by Congress with figures, $31,500. 




THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING. 

The magnificent structure authorized by Congress for the accommodation 
of the National collection of books occupies the center of a site of 10^ acres, 
between i and 2 Sts. E. and Ea-t Capitol and B. St. S., or 900' East of the 
House Wing of the Capitol, purchased, 1887, for $585,000. The Main front 
is towards the Capitol, and the rear centers on A St. South. The ground 
plan from N. to S. is 470', and from E. to W. 365'. It covers nearly four 
acres, and has around it an esplanade aggregating six acres. The building 
will be of granite and marble, and consist of a cellar and basement and two 
stories, aggregating 69' above the ground. It is in the style of the Italian 
rennaissance, designed by J. L. Smithmeyer. The main vestibule and staiir 



28 



THE EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENTS. 



liall will be the finest in the world. The Reading room in the central rotunda 
■will be lOo' in diameter and 90' high, and will open into the book repositories 
radiating from the center and of which there will be nine stories within for 
books. The inner rooms will accommodate 2,500,000 and the outer 5,500,000 
books. Cost of the modified design, $6,000,000. 

THE EXECUTIVE MANSION AND VICINITY. 




THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



29 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



The official residence of the President of the United States is variously 
styled The " President's House, " The " White House, " and its proper des- 
ignation, as above. It may be reached by Horse Cars from every part of the 





THE EXECUTIVE MANSION — NORTH FRONT. 

City. The Mansion is open on week-days, unless a State Ceremony be 
pending, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. T/ie East Room is open to the public. The 
Recettion Pa^-lors are open only by special permission. Persons desiring "to 




EXECUTIVE MANSION — SOUTH FRONT. 



30 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



pay respects" to the President will inquire of the ushers at the main door as 
to hours. The wife of the President, at her convenience, is at home to 
friends or persons properl) introduced at stated hours on stated days. 

The Executive Mansion, of the Ionic order, is i7o'x86', two stories high, 
built of Aquia Creek (Potomac) free stone, painted white. It was the first 
public building commenced in the city, in 1792, immediately after the plan 
was plotted on the ground. The Consetvatories (No. I on the map) adjoin 
the building on the W. The total cost, including repairs in i8i5-'i8 to date, 
was $1,640,000. 

The official part of the building is on the East. The West half is private. 
(See directions on previous page.) 

The Diagrams will locate and designate the apartments in the building. 




First Floor, Exectitive Mansion. 

First Floor. — I. Main Entrance and Vestibule. 2. Official vStairway. 3. 
The East Koom. This is the promenade hall during entert-inments. 
It is 8o'x4o' and 22' high, decorated in Greek style, and during evening 
receptions presents a fine appearance. There are portraits of Gen. Wash- 
ington, a Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Jeffcson, and Al^-aham Lincoln. Also ot 
Mrs. Washington. The dress is of the time, made in Paris for a lady of 
wealth, to be worn at the Martha Washington Centennial tea-party at Phila- 
delphia, in the year 1876, 4. Green Room, containing portraits of Mrs. 
Tyler, Mrs. Polk, and Mrs. Hayes, the wives of former Presidents. 5. 
Blue Room where the President or his lady receives on ceremonial or 
social occasions. 6. Red Room, the private or family parlor; Presidents 
John Adams, VanBuren, Taylor. 7. State i^ining Room. 8. Passage-way 
to the Conservatories. 9. Butler's Pantry. 10, Private or Family Dining 
Room. II. Private Stairway. 12. \N aiting Room for social callers. 13. 
Elevator. 14. Grand Corridor. 1 1 ere may be seen an interesting gallery ot 
portraits of the Presiderts. 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



31 



The following Diagram of the second floor exhibits the arrangement of the 
official and family apartments. 




Second Floor, Executive Mansion. 

Second Floor. — The second floor is arranged: i. Official Stairway. 2. 
Ante-room to President's Office. 3. Cabmet Room. Here the Cabinet 
meets at 12 a. m. on Cabinet days. 4. Private Secretary's Room. 5. 
Executive Clerk's and Record Room. 6. Public Corridor. 7. Office. 8. 
Ante-room. Here persons having business or an appointment with the Presi- 
dent should enter, hand their cards to the person in charge and be seated. If 
they can be received they will be informed of the fact and receive the necessary 
directions from the usher. 9. — 10. Chambers. ii. Blue or State Bed 
Chamber. 12. Elevator and Bath Room. 13. President's Bed Chamber. 
14. Boudoir of wife of the President. 15. Private Corridor. 16 and 17 Cham- 
bers ; the latter was occupied by President Garfield during his surgical treat- 
ment after his assassination. 18. State Bed Chamber. 19. Library. There 
are here some fine portraits of Presidents and 5,000 volumes. 

The Conse7vato7'ies are open during Receptions or "Drawing Rooms." 
The Executive Mansion is now entirely inadequate to the demands of the 
social and official surroundings of the President. It is proposed to enlarge 
this building for an Executive Office, and Executive Residence and to add a 
grand conservatory and hall of paintings and stationary. 



32 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE 



PUBLIC BUILDINGS, 



OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST 



The Department of State occupies the S. wing of the immense struc- 
ture W. of the Executive Mansion. Open week-days except Diplomatic day, 
or designated by the Secretary, from 9 A. M to 2 P- M. 




state, war and navy building. 

This mighty pile of granite, iron and slate, designed by A. B. Mullett, Su- 
pervising Architect of the Treasury, consists of four harmonious buildings 
united by connecting wings which together constitute the finest edifice of the 
kind in the world. It is 567' from N. to S., 342' from E. to W., and 145' 
high. It was erected 1871-87, covers 4^ acres, contains 566 rooms, 2 miles 
of corridors, and cost $10,700,000. 

Objects of Interest. — From the entrance proceed along the corridor to 
the jE/evafor and request to be taken to the Library, which is on the 3d fl. 
Here may be seen Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of 
Independence, the desk upon which it was written, and the original engrossed 
and signed copy; a case of historic relics, including Washington's war sword 
and other objects of interest. The volumes number 50,000. 

From the Library descend to the floor below to visit the Diplomatic Re- 
ception Room (Nos. 4 and 6,) which may be seen by inquiring of the mes- 
senger on the corridor. This apartment is richly finished and furnished, and 
contains portraits of Secretaries Jefferson, Webster, Seward, Washburn, 
Fish, Evarts, Blaine and Frelinghuysen. and Lord Ashburton. Leaving this 
room, visit the Diplomatic Ante Room at the W, end of the corridor. Per- 
sons desiring to see the office of the Secretary of State should make the fact 
known to the messenger at the door, and if not occupied he is at liberty to 
open the room. In the ante-room at the E. end of the corridor is 2. gallery 
of all the Secretaries of State from 1 789 to date. 



DEPARTMENTS OF WAR AND NAVY. 



Si 



From the ante-room the tourist should pass into the corridor of the E. 
wing of the building occupied by the Department of the Navy. The 
office of the Secretary of the Navy (Nos, 97 and 98,) is on the E. side, op- 
posite the central staircases, which should be examined as they are beautiful 
features of the building. They extend from Ihe basement to the attic. The 
balusters, 1 106 in number, are of bronze, and the hand-rail of Central Amer- 
ican Mahogany. The office of the Secretary may be viewed, if not occupied, 
by speaking to the messenger at the door. This room is beautifully finished, 
and contains some fine portraits of the later Secretaries. In the corridor op- 
posite the main door are superb models of mor ern war ships of the Navy. 

From the Secretary's office return to the elevato*' and ask to be taken to the 
Library, which is on the fourth floor. The entrance is a few steps N. of 
the elevator landing. This is the finest room in this wing. The walls are 
paneled in foreign and domestic marbles. In the four corners of the room 
are massive bronze symbolic figures combined with chardaliers. A gallery 
divides the hall into two stories, and over head is an artistically designed 
ceiling of iron and glass. The books are kept on shelves in the alcoves, and 

number 20,000. After 
returning to the corridor 
the skylight over the 
grand stairway should 
be examined. From the 
roof of the building at 
this point a fine vie^v of 
the city may be had. 
The key may be ob- 
tained at the office of the 
Supt. of the Building. 

The other floors of 
this wing are occupied 
by the administrative 
13ureaus of the Depart- 
ment. 

From the Library of 
the Navy Department 
descend to 2d floor and 
thence follow the central 
corridor towards the W, 
At the transverse corri- 
dor vie enter the W. 
wing or Department of War. Here will be found the magnificent suite 
of apartments of the ^ ecretary of War. In these rooms and adjacent corri- 
dors and stairways may be seen a collection of portraits of the Secretaries of 
War and of distinguished generals. Admission may be obtained by speaking 
to the messenger at the Secretary's door. 

From this floor descend to the floor below to the Headquarters of the Army, 
in the N. wing, E. end of corridor. By permission of an aide, (Nos. 36 or 
37,) visitors may view the rooms. 

The elevators, about the center of the West corridor, lead to tlie depart- 
ment floors. 




■=^=^sati^c^^^ 



CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. (See p. 34. 



34 



CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. 



The objects of interest are the suite of apartments of the Secretary of War 
on the second floor opposite the central corridor, richly furnished in the latest 
style of decorative art, and containing a gallery of paintings of the Secretaries. 

The main staircases and the domed corridor and Department Library con- 
taining 20,000 vols, on the fifth floor, richly finished in bronze iron, are in- 
teresting. The rest of this wing is also elaborately finished. 

Returning to 17th st. and crossing Pa. Ave. to the N. E cor., vi-e reach the 
Corcoran Gat.lery of Art. Erected by W. W. Corcoran in 1859, cost 
$250,000, used by the Government 1 861 -'9. In the latter year deeded to 
trustees. The endowment fund is $1,000,000. On the Pa Ave. front are 4 
niches containing marble statues, by M. Ezekiel, representing, beginning at 
the E., Durpr (engraving), Raphael (painting), Phidias (sculpture), and 
Angelo (architecture). In the 7 niches on 17th st. are statutes * f the great 
masters of painting and sculpture by the same sculptor, begitming on the S., 
Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Crawford, Canova Murillo and DiVinci. The 
main entran e is on Pa. Ave. The two bronze lions are copies of Canova's, 
at the tomb of Pope Clement XIII, Rome. The gallery is open Mondays, 
Wednesdays and Fridays, admission 25c ; and Tuesdays, Thursdays, and 
Saturdays, free. Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 p. m from October to May; and 
9 a. m. to 4 p. m. from May to October. 

DIAGRAM OF FLOORS, CORCORAN GALLERY. 




First FL or. 



Second Floor. 



Fir't Floor. — I Vestibule containing Bas Reliefs Busts of Roman and 
Greek celebrites, last days of Napoleon and other objects. 

II. Trustees' Room. III. Hall of Bronzes and Ceramics. IV. Hall of 
Antique Sculpture. V. Hall of Modern Sculpture. VI. Gallery of the 
Renaissance. VII. Ladies' Retiring Room. VIII. Janitor's Room. 

Second Floor.— W2\\ and Stairway.— Statuary. X. Main Picture Gallery 
containing the main collection. XL East Gallery— American Portraits. 
XTI. Southeast Gallery — Statuary and Paintings. XIII. Octagon Room- 
Here is Power's Greek Slave (original). XIV. Southwest Gallery— Paint- 
ings. XV. West Gallery — Paintings. 



tAFAVETTt SQtlARfi Al^D StAtUE. 



3S 




MILLS' JACKSON. 

Mansion, is the statue of Lafayette 
and his compatriots, Count de 
Rochambeau and Chevalier Du- 
portail of the French army, and 
Counts D'Estaing and DeGrasse, 
of the French Navy, serving as 
allies in the closing years of the 
War for Indepedence, ordered by 
Congress 1884, cost $50,000, ex- 
ecuted by the Freach sculptors 
Antoine Falquiere and Antonin 
Mercie, erected 1890. The total 
height from sub-base to top ol 
surmounting statue is 45'. The 
figure of Lafayette in Continental 
uniform is 10', and the subordi- 
nate figures 9' high. The heroic 
figure in front represents Amedca 
offering the sword of liberty to 
Lafayette and pointing to the in- 
scription. On the back of the 
pedestal are allegorical figures 
and the inscription. Propriety 
has fixed as the site Lafayette 
Park, north of the Executive 
Mansion, a name suggested by 
Washington and Jefferson when 
the city was laid out. 

On Pennsylvania Ave., N. side, 
opposite the Treasury building is 
the Department of Justice. 
This building, erected by the 



From the Corcoran Gallery of Art 
a few ninutes' walk E. will bring the 
tourist to Lafayette Park, in 
the center of which is Clark Mills' 
Brojize Statue ^Andr w Jackson, 
unveiled in 1853, cost $50,000. The 
church on the N. of the Pk., n. e. 
cor. i6th and H sts., n. w., is St. 
John's, P. E., one of the historic 
ecclesiastical structures of the city. 
Among its members were Presidents 
Madison, Jackson, and Arthur, and 
other distinguished personages. 

On the Pennsylvania Avenue I ne 
of this park, opposite the Executive 



FALGUIERE — mercie S LAFAYETTE. 



36 



Department of justice. 



Freedmen's Savings and Trust Co., was purchased by the U. S. in 1882, for 
$250,000. It is of Potomac Seneca stone, 4 stories high. 

The Department, open from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m., occupies the second and 
upper stories. The Entrance is at the W. end of the S. front. The Eleva- 
tor may be reached by the temporary passage W. of the main entrance. The 
suite of apartments occupied by the Attorney-Generalxs tastefully furnished and 
contain a Gallery of Portraits of the Attorneys-General of the U, S. from the 
foundation of the Government. Permission to view these maybe obtained 
through the messenger at the Attorney-General's office. The Library^ 20, coo 
vols., is on the 4th floor. 

Returning to the Ave. 
the rooms of the Court 
OF Claims, open from 
9 a. m. to 4 p. m., may 
be entered at door No. 
1509. There is a fine 
Court Room reached 
through the bailift's 
room. Sessions of the 
Court are held from the 
first Monday in Dec. to 
May or June. 

From ihe building of 
the Dep. of Justice the 
tourist should recross Pa 
Av. and enter theTREAS- 
URYBuiLD'G,openfrom 
9 a. m. to 2 p. m., by 
the N. entrance. This 
immense edifice,consist- 
ing of a basement, two 
stories and attic, occu- 
pies a paralellogram 
5io'x28i' including por- 
ticoes. The E. Ia9ade 
includingthe colonnade, 
or the original portions 
of the building, erected 
i836-'43, is of Virginia 
tree-stone, and the re- 
maining fa9ades erected 
i855-'69, are of Maine 
granite. The Colonnade 
on the E. consists of 30 
Ionic columns. The column 
monolithic, 31 ^' high. The building cost $6,000,000 

After entering the building the first point of interest is the U. S. Treasury 
or Cash Roo?n on the N. corridor of the main floor. This is a fine room ex- 
tending through two stories, with a bronze balustrade, and panelled in foreign 
and domestic marbles. In this room all cash disbursements or payment of 
drafts on the Treasury are made. There is a cash vault for current moneys 




The Department of Justice. 
in other portions of the building are granite and 



DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. 



37 



of the U. S. containing from $40,000,000 at a time, at the E. end of the 
room; and one overhead. A permit may be obtained, from II a. m. to 12 
m., from the U. S. Treasurer, E. end of the corridor, to visit the vauhs. Also 
the Redemption Division in the basement. Here may be seen the counting, 
by ladies, of notes sent to the Treasury for redemption, and the cancellation 
and destruction of the same. While in these apartments the Silver vaults 
of the Treasury will be shown. The two silver and gold vaults (closed) with 
a capacity for 80 and 132 million silver dollars, are in the sub-basement and 
under the Northern Court. 

From the Redemption Division proceed to the W. corridor near the S. end' 
of which is the Office of the Supei vising Architect of the Treasury. Here rnay 
be seen highly executed drawings of elevations and plans of the Public Build- 
ings erected by the U. S., peculiarly interesting to architects and civil engin- 
eers. Take the Elevator, S. E. corner to the Secretary's (2d) floor. 




DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. 

This suite of apart7nents is in the s. e. cor. of the building. In the adjacent 
S. corridor, and in the offices of the Secretary (3), and Assistants (7 and 9), 
and Chief Clerk (5), are the Portraits of the Secretaries of the Treasury. 
The messenger can arrange to view this gallery. On the \V. corridor 3d floor 
above (Room. 35) are the quarters of the Secret Service Division of the 
Treasury, in which may be seen an interesting collection of implements 
used by counterfeiters, and photographs, or a "Rogues Gallery" of noted 
characters in this line. The Trensury Libiary, 20,000 vols., may be reached 
by the stairway from this floor in the n w. cor. of the attic story. The 
Librarian will explain the features of interest. Returning to the 3d fl. take 
the E. corridor to the S. end, and thence by the vS'/^rfli/cr descend to the ist 
fl , thence take the S. corridor to the S. main entrance and portico. 

The small Germanized-Swiss building directly S. is the Photograph 
Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, open to specialists or 
others interested, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Enter by the E. door in the N. 
front and ascend to the operating room on the 2d floor. Here may be seen 
the printing of working plans of public buildings being erected by the U. S. 

After leaving this building proceed to 15th St. and Pa. Ave. Immediately 



38 



MONUMENT PARK AND THE MALU 



S. on 15th St. is the Grand Opera House aiid Armory q{ the Washington 
Light Infantry, erected in 1884. 

At this point the tourist has a choice of routes, one directly to the Capi ol 
by street car, via Pa. Ave., and the other by a detour to the U. S. Fish 
Ponds, Washington Obehsk, and points along The Mall, including the Pro- 
pagating Garden, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of Agri- 
culture, Industrial Hall, Henry Statue, Smithsonian Institution, National 
Museum, Medical Museum, and Central Station U. S. Fish Commission. 
It must be made afoot or in a conveyance. The points, however, are not 
distant from each other, and follow consecutively, and can be best and most 
conveniently seen as given below. 

After leaving the Treasury Building and Photograph Office, and reaching 




BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, (SEE PAGE 42.) 

15th St., the tourist should proceed S. entering the Pr:sidenCs Grounds, op- 
posite the Grand Opera House and Washington Light Infantry Armory. 

Ihe stroll from 15th St. to B St., N., opposite the W. entrance to the Drive, 
presents an excellent view of the S. front of the Executive Mansion and 
grounds. On the lawn, during the Summer season, on Saturdays, from 
May to October the U. S. Marine Baiui performs for the public from 5.30 to 
7,30 p. m. At B St., N., which is the S. limit of the President's Grounds, 
the tourist enters the Drive. A few steps S. on the W. is the entrance to the 
U. S. Fish Ponds, open from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. The W.. N. and S. 
Ponds are devoted to the propagation of Carp, and the smaller Ponds to 
ornamental fish. There is also a Turtle Pond. 

After leaving the U. S. Fish Ponds the tourist will proceed by the drive to 
the Washington Obelisk or National Monument. 

The Washington Obelisk or National Monument, is the loftiest 



U S. FISH PONDS— WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



39 



on'^tructionof masonry in the world. The Shaft of Maryland marble is 555'4" 
igh, SS'^'A" square at the base, and 34'5>^" ^t the top (500 ft. mark). 



con 
h 




The w 
menced 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, (SEE PAGE 43.) 

alls are 15' thick at the base, and 18" at the top. The work was com- 
d in 1848, and abandoned at 178^ high in 1855. In i876ahe Govern- 




THE CONSERVATORIES— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

ment took charge of the completion of the Obelisk and made liberal appro, 
priations to thit end. In iM, Lieut.-Col. Thomas L. Casey. U. S. Engi- 



40 



WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



neers in charge, and Capt. 
George W. Davis, 14th U. 
S. Infantry, assistant, were 
assigned to duty on the 
obelisk. In Aug., 1884, 
the obelisk reached 500', 
from which point the 
pyramidal roof began and 
was raided to 55', the cap 
stone being placed in po- 
sition Dec 6, 1884 The 
interior is fitted with iron 
steps, 900 to the 500 ft. 
landing, and an elevator 
running to the top. On 
the inner walls are the 
stone tablets or blocks 
contributed by the States 
and territories of the U. 
S., Indian Nations, Foreign 
Governments, Municipali 
ties, rural Communities and 
Civicand Academic Organ- 
izations. V\ hen work by the 
Monument Society ceased, 



^230,000 had been expended, 
and Congress has appropii- 
ated $900,000. Total cost, 
$1,300,000. The highest 
structure in the world next 
to the Washington Obelisk 
(555'4"0 ^^ill be the City 
Building, at Philadelphia, 
537'. The next is the Cathe- 
dral at Cologne, Germany, 
the spires of which have an 
altuude of 524' 11". The 
Capitol of the U. S., to the 
top of the Statue of Freedom, 
is 287'. The Obelisk was 
formally opened to the public 
in 1888, ascensions to the top 
being made by elevator free 
week days from 9 A. M. to 
5.30 P. M. Persons desiring 
to view the tablets to the dif- 
ferent landings may do so by 
permission of the Superinten- 
dent. 




WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



BUREAU ENGRAVING AND PRINTING DEP't AGRICULTURE. 4] 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND VICINITY. 



From the Washington Obelisk a short 
walk will bring the tourist to the Pro- 
pagating Gardens, Public Grounds. 
Here trees, shrubs, flowers and foliage 
plants are grown for the ornamentation 
of the Public Parks and Reservations, 
tinder the direction of an officer of the 
U. S. A., assigned to the charge of public 
buildings and grounds. The forcing 
houses, nursery and collection of sub- 
tropical plants, are interesting. 

The tourist will now continue to the 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 
(see engraving page 38,) which stands on 
B and 14th Sts., s. w., and is open on 
Saturdays only, from 10 to 2 p. m. unless 
by special permission. General Applica- 
tion must be made to the officer of the 
watch, at the main entrance, who will 
assign a proper person to conduct visitors 
and explain to them the interesting pro- 
cess of the manufacture of paper money 
and bonds. The building of brick in the 
Romanesque style, 22o'xi35', was erected \ 
in i878-'8o and cost $300,000. 

A short distance S. of the Bureau of 
Engraving and Printing is the historic 
Long Bridge, over which the National 
Armies marched into Virginia during the 
Rebellion, i86i-'5. The track on' 
St. is a branch of the "Belt Line," 
from Pa. Ave. to the Bureau of En- 
graving and Printing. 

The grounds of the Department 
of Agriculture are artistically laid 
out. The building of the Depart- 
ment OF Agriculture, open from 
9 a. m. to 4 p. m., was erected in 
1868, is i7o'x6i', with a basement, 
3 full stories and mansard roof, 
and cost $140,420. 

The points of chief interest 
within the broad Agricultural 
Grounds are: I. Industrial Hall, 
containing an exhibit of the pro- 
ducts of agriculture of the country, 
and other objects of interest. 2. 
Book and Seed Division, where 




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42 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND VICINITY. 



the publications and seeds of the Department are packed for distribution. 3. 
The Conservatories, 32o'x30', which contain a large collection of plants of 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM AND 
VICINITY. 




economic value. 4. Four Propagating Houses, viz. the Orange, Persimmon, 
Olive and Pine Apple Houses, and two for miscellaneous plants. 5. The 
Grapery, containing the finest varieties. 6. Rose House. 7. Stables. 8. 
Experimental Garden. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



43 



The main enir.ince is on the N. and the Office of the Commissioner, No. 
2 on the Diagram. Those who wish "to pay respects," can hand in their 
cards by the messenger. 

The Diagrams will indicate the points of interest in the building. 




FIRST FLOOR, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

First Floor. — A. Main Entrance. B. Main Staircase to the Library. 
C. and D. Private Stairways. I. Pomologist. 2. Office of the Commissioner 
of Agriculture. 3. Private Office of Commissioner. 4. Disbursing Office. 
5. Ante-Room 6. Chief Clerk. 7. Stationary. 8. Ornithologist. 9. 
Chemist and Mineralogical Collection. 10. Chemist's Office, ii. Labora- 
tory. 12, 13, and 14, Clerks. 




SECOND FLOOR, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

Second Floor. — A and B. Private Stairways. 15. Library ot Agriculture, 
15,000 vols., also the painting •' Farmingin Dakota." 16. Museum of Botany, 
containing 150,000 specimens of dried plants of North America. 17. Botan- 
ist's Room. 18. Retiring and Store Rooms. 19. Clerks. 20, 21. Ento- 
mologist's Office. The Stairway B leads to the 3d fl. to the Microscopic, and 
to the Attic to the Forestry and Veternary Divisions in the W. wing. The 
Stairway A leads to the Statistical Division on the 3d fl. of the E. wing. 

o 

From the Agricultural Grounds the tourist wi'l cross 12th St. (Map on 
page 42) and enter that portion of the Mall assigned to the Smithsonian 
Institution and A'^ational Museum. The first object of inteiest reached is 



44 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION HENRY STATUE. 




Story's semi-heroic Bronze Statue of Prof. Joseph Henry, first Secretary 
of the Smithsonian Institution, N. of the W. wing of the Smithsonian Build- 
ing. This Statue was erected by Congress, unveiled in 1881, and cost $15,000. 
The small brick building W., is used by the Taxidernnist. 

The Smithsonian Institution Build- 
ing is open from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. This 
structure, of the Norman Style of the 12th 
century, is 447'x 160', built of Potomac Sen- 
eca stone, in i847-'56; cost, $450,000. The 
Institution was founded by James Smithson, 
of London, England, who bequeathed his 
estate to his nephew for life, and thereafter 
"to found at Washington, under the name 
of the Smithsonian Institution, an establish- 
ment for the increase and diffusion of knowl- 
edge among men." The sum realized was 
$535,169, The building and maintenance 
has been paid for out of accretions of interest, 
the principal remaining intact. The First 
Floor of the main building contains the Ex- 
hibitirn of Birds of the National Museum, 
8,000 specimens. The connecting range and 
cloister on the \Y. and the Gothic Hall at the 
extreme west, -which are fire-proof, contain 
the former, the alcoholic collection of fishes 
which is very 1 irge and valuable, and the lat- 
ter, the collection of marine invertebrates, 
corals, and sponges. These represent many 
faunal regions and are better exhibited than 
any other museum in the world. The group 
America, in terra cotta, is a reproduction of 
one of the marble corner pieces of the Al- 
bert Memorial, Hyde Park, London. The 
panel of Lemoges Faience, 900 tiles, repre- 
sents the genus of man utilizing the waters 
of streams and storms, the fires of volcanos, 
and lightning. 

The entire E. wing is used by the Ad- 
ministrative Offices of the Institution, the 
National Museum and U. S. Fish Commis- 
sion. On the 2d fl. is the Anthropolo- 
gical Hall or collection of the Department ot 
Antiquities of the National Museum, the i 
finest on this hemisphere. -j^-. 

East of the main entrance to the Smithso- ~^* ^ " '' " "'•■BiWK^ir," v 

nian building is "the Daguerre Memo- f l|i|||!i|||||||| i||ii||){i)|l(|i||;iUii ll|l||lj||i|i!i|J fi|,'l!l|l'ilf il|l|i 

RIAL " in granite and bronze, to the discov- , '^':.-— •-.;:-"-"■' 

erer of the art of permanently fixing an image 

on a given surface, executed by [. Scott hartley's daguerre. 
Hartley, erected by the Photographers Association of America, cost $10,000. 
Unvailed August 12-15, 1890, during the Photographers Convention. 

In the rear or south of the Smithsonian building is the coUectioti of liv- 



STORY'S henry. 




SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



45 



ing animals, open daily, except Sundays, from lo a. m. to 3.30 p. m. The 
government, 1890, purchased a site for a zoological garden. 

The tourist will next continue his way a few steps towards the E. to the 




THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 

Romanesque structure occupied by the National Museum, open from 9 
a. m. to 4.30 p. m. Main entrance on the N. This edifice, one of the best, 
designed for the purpose, in the world, is of brick, 327'x327', covers 2.35 a., 
w?s erected in 1879 and cost $250,000. Over the entrance is an allegorical 




the national museum. 



46 



THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



group representing Columbia as the protectress of Science and Industry. 
The Diagram will explain the arrangement of this interesting collection 




FLOOR PLAN OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUiM. 

I. Main Entrance. 2. Main Vestibule. Here visitors may register their 
names and are required to deposit umbrellas, canes and packages, no fee 
being charged. 

3 and 6, "Telephone and Telegraph Rooms. 4 and 5, Superintendent's 
Office. 7 and 10. Engineer of Property. 9. Chemical Department. 8. 
Stairway to Balcony used by the Label Department. 1 1. Main North Hall, 
Flemish Tapestry. Relics of Washington, Jackson, and Grant. Technical 
collection of Porcelains. Medals. Collections of U. S. Exploring Expedi- 
tions. 

12. The Rotunda. Statuary and Fountain, Memorial Vases, &c. The 
Stairways lead to the Galleries for the use of visitors. 

13. Northwest Court, Aboriginal Pottery Collection. 14. Lecture Hall. 
15. Hallway to Executive Office. 16. Executive Office. 

17. Library. The 2d fl. of this pavilion is devoted to Executive Offices. 

18. Northwest Range. Graphic Arts. Also illustration of methods. 



NATIONAL AND MEDICAL MUSEUMS. 



47 



19. West Hall. Antiquities. 20. ist fl. Curator of Materia Medica. 2d 
fl. Curator of Ethnology. 21. West Entrance, closed. 22. 1st fl. Property 
Clerk and Assistant Curator Department of Rocks. 2d fl. Curator of 
Ethnology. 

23. Southwest Range. Department of Minerals. 24. Southwest Court. 
Departments of Metallurgy and Economic Geology. 25. Machinist's Labora- 
tory. 26. Engineer and Stairs. 27. Curator of Minerals. 

28. West South Range, Department of Rocks and Physical Geology. 

29. South Hall, Department of Mammals. 

30. 1st fl. Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology. 2d fl. Curator of Mam- 
mals. 31. South entrance, closed. 32. ist fl. Office of Paleontologist. 2d 
fl. Curator of fossils. 

33. East South Range, collection of Skeletons and Skulls. 34. 2d fl. Cur- 
ator of Insects, and Photographer. 1st fl. In the extreme corner \5 Public 
Comfort Room for gentlemen. 35 and 36. Public Comfort Room for ladies. 

37. Southeast Range, Insects and Drugs and Medicines. 

38. Southeast Court, Fossils. 39. East Hall, Transportation and En- 
gineering. 

40 and 41. 1st fl. Cafe. 2d fl. Modeler. 42. East Entrance, closed. 43 
and 44. Acting Curator of Food and Textiles, and Curator of Fish and 
Fisheries. 2d fl. Assistant Modeler. 

45. Northeast Range, Ships and Boats. 46. Northeast Court, Arts and 
Industries. 47. East North Range, Fisheries. 48. Assorting Room, 
Ornithologist — Eggs. 

49, 50. The Chemical Labratory of the U. S. Geological Survey. 

The Downing Vase, erected by the American Pomological Society to the 
memory of A. J. Downing who laid out these grounds, is N. of the building. 




THE ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. 

Immediately East of the National Museum, N. W. cor. B and 7 st. S. W., 
(see map page 42,) is the Army Medical Museum and Library Build- 
ing, entrance on B st. south, open from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., erected 1886-8, 
Cluss & Schulze architects, brick, 232'xi36' ground area, basement and 
three stories, with wings; cost, $200,000. 



48 



MEDICAL MUSEUM FISH COMMISSION. 



First Floor West Wing and Center, Clerks of the Pension Record Division, 
Surgeon General's Office. East Wing, Exhibit of army medical supplies. 

The buildings in the court are for anatomical purposes, and machinery. 

Second Floor, West Wing Library, 200,000 volumes and pamphlets on 
medical subjects, and used in connection with the compilation of Index Cata- 
logue, 20 vols., 1,000 pp. each, the greatest work of the kind extant. Center, 
Administrative. East Wing, Medical Museum, containing exhibits of 
wounds and diseases. 

At the Medical Museum the tourist will have reached the 7th St. horse cars. 

Before taking the cars he should visit, from this point, the U. S. Fish Com- 
mission Building, n. w. cor. B and 6th Sts., s. w. 

In the building ot the U. S. Fish Commission, Central Station, open 
from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., entrance on 6th St., on the basement fl., from Oct. 20 
to June 10, may be seen in operation the appliances and processes of fish 
hatching, and the distribution of Carp from the U. S. Fish Ponds, which the 
tourist is supposed to have already visited. 





THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 

The tourist should return to 7th St. and take the street cars S. in order to 
visit the Washington Barracks, and from thence the Washingtoit Navy Yard. 

Having changed from the main line at Pa. Ave., (Map Page 42,) the cars 
pass the Central Market House, the finest in the city, on the r. They enter 
the Mall, the broad park which connects the parks of the Executive Mansion 
and Washington Obelisk with the Botanic Gardens and Capitol Grounds. At 
the intersection of Md. Ave. and C St. this line crosses the tracks of the 
B. and P. Steam R. R. leading W. to the Long Bridge and to Alexandria, and 
on Va. Ave. it crosses the connecting tracks of the B. and P. R. R. to Bal- 
timore. This portion of the city, on Md. and Va. Aves, is given up to the 
terminal facihties of the B. and P. R. R. The line now passes the wharves 
of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria Ferry and other lines of Steamers. Arling- 
ton and Fort Myer may be seen on the hills in Virginia. At P St. the cars 
turn E. to the main gate of the Washington Barracks Grounds. 



THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 



49 



WASHINGTON BARRACKS 
AND VICINITY. 




The Washington Barracks, 
the Grounds comprising 70 a., are 
open from sunrise to sunset. Visit- 
ors may pass the Sentry at the gate 
by stating their desire to view the 
grounds. After entering the gate, 
on the r., is the inner channel of the 
Potomac, taken by the lines of 
Steamers to the Wharves. 

The Map will locate the points 
of interest within the Barracks 
Grounds. 

I. Main gate. 2. Guard House. 
3. Hospital. 4. Magazines. 

5. Firing Stand of Rifle Range. 
This Range 1,000 yards long, is the 
finest in the Eastern States. Prac- 
ticing by the Artillery Team daily, 
from 9 to II a. m., weather permit- 
ting. 6. Fish Ponds. 7. Com- 
manding and 8 Field Officers Quar- 
ters. 9. Guard House. In front 
of this site stood the scaffold upon 
which Mrs. Surratt and the other 
conspirators in the assassination of 
President Lincoln were hanged. 

10. Headquarters Washing- 
ton Barracks. ii. Officer's 
Quarters. 12. Commissary, Quarter- 
master, and Ordnance Offices. 13. 
Barracks. 14. Stables. 15. Barracks 
16. Store, 17. Bake, 18. Ice, 19, 
and 20, Tool Houses. 21. Gard- 
ener's Cottage. 22. Store House. 
23. Wagon Shed. 24. Battery 
Park. 25 and 26 Carpenter Shop. 
27. Wood and Coal Houses. 28. 
Battery Stables. 29. Married Men's 
Quarters. 30. Band Quarters. 

31 to 37, Officer's Quarters. 38. 
Butt of Firing Range. 

39. Wharf on Anacostia. 40. 
Wharf on Potomac where the as- 
sassin Booth's, body was landed. 
Alexandria may be seen on the Va. 
side, and the Governmert Insane 
Asylum on the hill on the D. C. side. 

41. Battery Drill Ground with 
Mortars and Guns. Drilling lo a. 
m. daily except Sundays, and un- 
favorable vv^eather. 42. Garrison 
Flag Staff". 



50 THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. 



f-^ After leaving the main gate of the Barracks grounds, a short walk on 4>i 
St. to M St., S. will bring the tourist to the line of the Anacostia and Poto- 
mac Horse R. R., and proceed to the Navy Yard. 

This line crosses the James Creek Canal, walled on both sides, 6' deep, 
and is used by boats laden with wood, stone and sand. It also forms the out- 
let of the great Tiber Sewer, which may be seen at the N. end. Across 
the Anacosta, crowning the hill is the Government Hospital for the Insane. 

The tourist at 8th St. E. ahghts in front of the imposing entrance to the 
Yard. From this point this line of cars continues to nth St. E., thence 
across the Anacostia to a point near the Insane Asylum. 



THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD AND GUN FOUNDRY. 

The Navy Yard and Gun Foundry is open from sunrise to sunset, daily, 
except Sunday, Visitors can enter by speaking to the Sergeant of the marine 
guard at the gate. The Yard comprises 42 a. on the N. bank of the Anacostia, 
or Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, about i m. from its confluence with 
the latter stream. It is accessible to vessels of 20' draught. It is now the 
chief Yard for the manufacture of naval supplies, and one of the most com- 
plete gun foundries in the world. 

The numbers on the Map direct the tourist to the places of interest. 

1. Main Gate. On the r. are the Headquarters of the Marine Guard and 
Guard Room, and on the 1. Marine Officer's Quarters. A, is the Flag Staff. 
The Guns were captured from the Tripolitan pirates. 

2. Office of Commandant. Here permits may be obtained to enter the 
shops or go aboard the vessels. 3. Residence of the Commandant. 4. Resi- 
dence of the Captain of the Yard. 5. Officer's Quarters. 6. Dispensary. 
6>^. Civil Engineer's Office. 7. Residence of the Ordnance Officer. 8. 
Western Gate. 

9. Museum of Naval Relics and Weapons. 10. Stables, ii. Laboratory. 
12. Ordnance Store House, containing an interesting collection of Ship's. 
Guns. 13. Laboratory. 14. Paint Shop. 15. Magazine. 16 and 17, 
Ordnance Shops. 18. Gun Park. 19. Ordnance Foundry. 



NAVY YARD, MARINE BARRACKS, ETC. 



51 



NAVY YARD AND MARINE BARRACKS. 

20. Saluting Battery. 21. Saw Mill. 22. West Ship House. 




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23. Experimental Battery. The range extends across the channel to 
Naval Magazine grounds in the distance. 24. Timber Store House. 



the 



52 



THE MARINE BARRACKS AND HOSPITAL. 



Commandant's Boat House. 2d fl. Yard Reading Room. At the wharf 
the tourist may go aboard the Monitor in the stream. 26. East Ship House. 
27. Copper Smith. 28 and 29. Brass Foundry. 30. East Gate. 31 and 32, 
Naval Store House. 33. Copper Rolling Mill. 34. Rigging Store House. 
35. Foundry for casting steel guns. 36. Paymaster's Stores. 37. Forge 
Hammer. 38. Machine and Blacksmith Shops. 39. Store House, 
The tourist should visit the Marine Barracks, 4 squares N. on 8th St. 
The Marine Barracks, main entrance gate on 8th St., is open to visitors 
from sunrise to sunset, it being simply necessary to mention their object to 
the Sergeant of the guard at the gate, in order to pass. The long line of low 
buildings on 8th St. are the Barracks, and the large building in the centre 
the Headquarters, all of which open on the parade within. The Armory is 
on the S. side. 

Marine Band Concerts, free, are held in the Armory of the Barracks 
Mondays, 1.30 to 3 p. m , from January i to May i; Thursdays, on the 
parade, at 4.30 p m., from May i till October i. There are no concerts 
from October i to January I. 

One square N. of the Marine Barracks on 9th and E Sts., s. e., is the 
Naval Hospital, open atter 12 m. It is for the treatment of sick or dis- 
abled officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps. 

At this point the tourist can return by horse cars to the Capitol, or most 
conveniently visit the Cons'resnonal Cemetery, Washington Asylum and 
U.S. Jail. 

Car Route to the Capitol.— After leaving the Navy Yard, and having 
visited the Marine Barracks and Naval Hospital, and not desiring to visit the 
Congressional Cemetery, Washington Asylum and U. S. Jail, the tourist will 
take the W. and G. R. R. at the nearest point. From 8th St., E., the cars 
turn \V. into the broad thoroughfare of Pa. Ave. At different points along 
the way are trianglar parks, beautified with shrubbery and fountains. 
The tourist returning to the Capitol 
from the Navy Yard, should alight at 
New Jersey Ave. if he desires to visit 
the Coast and Geodetic Surv y Build- 
ing. Here will be seen the whole 
process of Draughting, Copper-En- 
graving, Elecrrotyping and Printing 
Charts. The U. S. standard Weights 
and Measures are also kept here. 

From New Jersey Avf. the cars 
continue, passing the Garfield Statue, 
Naval Monument, Botanic Garden, 
and Bartholdi Fountain at the foot of 
Capitol Hill, in the Triangle at 9th St. 
and Pa. Ave., S. side, Bailey's bronze 
Statue of Gen. John A. Rawlins, 
Gen. Grant's Chief of Staff and Secre- 
tary of War, erected by Congress in 
1873, at a cost of $10,000 ; passing 
5th St., the Treasury Department, 





BAILEY'S RAW- 
LINS. 



Tlassman's frank- 
lin. 
Department of Justice, Executive Mansion,' Lafayette Park and Statue of 
Jackson, State, War and Navy Departments, and Washington Statue, to 
West Washington. 



CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY — JAIL. 



53 



At the corner of loth and D Sts. stands the marble statue of the Philoso- 
pher and Printer, Benjamin Franklin, by Ernest Plassman, designer, Jacques 
Touvenal, sculptor, presented to the city 1889 by Stillson Hutchins. It is 
8'6" high, standing upon a granite pedestal 11' high. The subject is repre- 
sented in the garb of the days of his diplomatic residence at the French Court 
of Versailles. 

Detour, via the Congressional Cemetery, Washington Asylum 
AND U. S. Jail, to the Statue of Emancipation. — The tourist wishing 
to visit the points of interest above named, will start at E on 8th St., (see 
Map P. 51 ) and after an easy 10 minute stroll by a paved way, will find himself 
at the main entrance to the "Congressional Cemetery." (See Map, P. 54.) 

The Congressional Cemetery, or Parish Cemetery of Christ Church, 
near the Navy Yard, received its name from having been the place of sepul- 
ture of Senators and Representatives who died in the city during the early 




the u. s. jail. 

years of the century, or to whom memorial Cenotaphs were erected. There 
are also two Vice-Presidents, Gerry and Clinton, and Generals, Admirals and 
others of National renown, buried here. The site overlooks the Anacostia 
River. Ihe first interment was in 1807. The tourist can pass an hour very 
instructively upon the hallowed soil of this early necropoHs of the Capital. 

From the "Congressional" Cemetery the tourist will continue on E. to 
19th St. On 19th St is the Work House, a few steps further N. is the Wash- 
ington Asylum, or Alms House, and still a few steps further N. the U. S. 
Jail. In this Jail Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, was confined 
and executed. Visitors who desire simply to be shown through the Jail will 
be admitted by application at the Warden's Office, main entrance, every day 
except Sundays, between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. Admission on Sundays must 
be through the Warden only. 

From the U. S. Jail the tourist can take the most direct route, about 8 
minutes walk, to Lincoln Square, where stands the Statue of Emancipation. 



54 



LINCOLN SQUARE EMANCIPATION STATUE. 



CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, JAIL, ETC. 




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In Lincoln Square stands Ball's semi- 
heroic Bronze Group, Emancipation, 
representing Abraham Lincoln pre- 
senting the proclamation of freedom 
to a liberated slave. The Statue was 
unveiled April 14, 1876, the anniver- 
sary of Lincoln's assassination. It 
cost $17,000. The first contribution 
was $5.00 from Charlotte Scott, a 
freed woman of Virginia, and her 
first earnings in freedom. After view - 
ing the Statue of Emancipation the 
tourist will leave Lincoln Square by ^ 
East Capitol St., a thoroughfare 160' - 
wide with a fine vista of American - 
Elms and North Carolina Poplars, 
extending from Lincoln Square W. to 
East Capitol Park. At 9th St., E., on East Capitol St., he may; take the 




BALL'S EMANCIPATION. 



GREENE STATUE U. S. PENSION BUILDING. 



55 



Horse Cars of the East Capitol St. line of the Metropolitan R. R., fare 
5 cts., or 6 tickets for 25 cts., good on all lines, thus commencing the return 
tour, via. the Capitol and to places of interest in the northern central parts 
of the city and west end. 

At 8th St. n. e. the building with the pointed 
towers seen on the hills N. of the city, is the 
Deaf and Dumb Asylum. At 5th St., n. e. the 
tourist should leave the cars for a short walk 
along that street, N. to Stanton Sq7iare, where 
stands Brown's Bronze Equestrian Statue of the 
Revolutionary General, Nathaniel Greene. 
The total cost, to include pedestal, was $50,000. 
From this point a fine view of the Capitol can be 
had by looking along Md. Ave. towards the s. w. 
The large building fronting this square on the S. 
is the Peabody Public School. 

Returning to the line of street cars at 3d St., n. e. 
the route continues to ist St., n. e. passing the 
BROWP' reene. new Congressional Library Building and along the 
Capitol Pa- 

The large, now private building, on the s. e. cor. of Md. Ave. and ist St., 
after the burning of the Capitol in 1814, was occupied by Congress. Dur- 
ing the War of the RebeUion, i86i-'65, it was used as a prison for political 
offenders. Also within those walls was hanged Wirz, the prison keeper of 
Andersonville. 





THE U. S. PENSION BUILDING. 



At 4th St. and Indiana Ave., the line reaches Judiciary Square, passing on 
the r. the U. S. Court House and Lincoln Column, by Lot Flannery, erected 
by contributions of patriotic citizens. The former was erected in i82o-'49, 



56 JUDICIARY SQUARE, INTERIOR DEPT. AND VICINITIES. 



INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND VICINITY. 




PATENT OFFICE GENERAL POST-OFFICE. 



57 



is 25o'xi8o', has a freestone basement and stuccoed superstructure, and oh 
the S. front, Ionic Porticoes. It was formerly the City Hall but is now occu- 
pied by the Courts of the U. S. and the District of Columbia. At 5th St., 
W. the cars turn N. and at F St., turn W. The immense brick structure 




l.N'IK.kloR DhFARTMEN'l", (I'ATENT OFFICE.) 

on the N. portion of Judiciary Square, is the U. S. Pension Building, 400'x 
200' and 75' high. It is fire proof throughout. 1 he frieze over the first story 
consists of a terra cotta sculptured band 3' high, representing Mihtary and 
Naval subjects. The building cost $1,000,000 and required 15,000,000 bricks. 
The court will accommodate 18,000 persons at an inauguration ball, and 
59,000 persons closely packed. 




THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE. 

on the N. stands the Departmeiit of the Interior 



After passing 7th St 
(Patent Office), open from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. This massive structure, 453'x 
331', was erected i836-'6o, and cost $2,500,000. The centre is of free stone 
and the v\ ings of marble, resting on a basement of granite. 



58 



MC PHERSON FARRAGUT SCOTT STATUES. 



The Museum of Models of the Patent Office, open from 9 a. m. to 4 p.m., 
contains 200,000 models. The four halls are of superb construction, and 
contain many objects of historic interest in addition to the valuable and 
instructive collection of models, representing the inventive genius of the 
American people. Directly S. of the Interior Department is the General 
Post-Office, open from 9 a. m. to 2 p.m. Commenced in 1839 and 
finished in 1867; cost, $2,700,000. The structure is of marble and belongs 
to the Corinthian order In the suite of apartments of the Postmaster- 
General, is a collection of Crayon Portraits of those Officers since the 
foundation of the Government. On the third floor, reached by the stairway 
from the E. door on the N. front of the building, is the Dead Ldttr Office 
Museum. At 8th St., one square S., stands the Money Order Office. 

At loth St., one square S. is Ford's Theatre 
building, the place of assassination of Presi- 
dent Lincoln. In the back parlor of the house, 

No. 516, 
opposite, 
Presi dent 
Lincoln 
died after 
being car- 
ried from 
the Theatre 
At H and 
15 Sts., n. 
w., is the 
Columbian 
^ Unt'.ersity. 
ROBisso's MCPHERSON. T h e n e \v 

building is a 

fine brick structure, I2i'x64, 4 stories high and richly ornamented with appro- 
priate alti relivi in terra cotta, erected in i883-'4, and cost of building and 
ground, $150,000 Visitors will be shown through the building by the 

janitor. At this point the cars pass with- 
in one square of the Bronze Equestrian 
Statue of Gen. J. B. McPherson, by 
Robisso, erected in 1876, by the Society 
of the Army of the Tennessee, and cost 
$23,500. The superb granite pedestal, by 
the Government, cost $25,000. 

From this Statue the tourist may return 
by way of Vermont Ave. to H St., and 
thence resume his journey by the same line 
of cars, (proceeding W.) passing Lafayette 
Park and Statue of Gen. Jackson, on the 
1., or he may take I or K Sts., N., and 
walk two squares W. to the heroic Statue 
OF Admiral David G. F'arragut, U. S. 
Navy, by Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie, 
ordered by Congress, 1872, cist from metal 
brown s SCOTT. yc ti^p propellor of the Admiral's Flag Ship, 

Hartford, unveiled 1881, and cost $20,000; Pedestal $5,000. 





MRS. HOXIE'S KARRAGUT. 




STATUE OF DUPONT OAK HILL CEMETERY AQUEDUCT. 59 



Take the horse cars on 17th St, to N St., or walk, via 17th St. to R. I. 
Ave., and thence to the intersection of R. I. and Mass. Avenues, to the Bronze 
Equestrian Statue of Gen. Winfield Scott, by H K. Brown, ordered by Con- 
gress 1867, erected 1874, cost $20,000, The Pedestal consists of 5 blocks of 
granite. Thence return by N St. to Conn. Ave. Opposite stands the fine 
mansion of the British Legation, and one square be- 
yond is .the heroic Bronze Statue of Rear Admiral 
Samuel F. Dupont, by Launt Thompson, ordered 
by Congress 1882, erected 1884, cost, $14,000. In 
this section of the city, the "West End," which is the 
chief quarter of fashionable life, are situated the finest 
private residences and Church edifices, of all denomi- 
nations, in Washington. They may be located by 
reference to the Maps. 

Thence take the horse cars, every few minutes, which 
continue W,, crossing Rock Creek into West Washing- 
ton. At 30th or Washington St., W. Washington, 
the tourist should ahght and walk to Oak Hill Cem- 
etery. This beautiful city of the dead, the gift of 
W. W. Corcoran, comprises 30 a., and has an endow- 
ment of $120,000 from that gentleman. Just W. of 
the Chapel, near the main gate, is the Grave of J. Harv- 
ard Payne, the author of " Home, Sweet Home," and 
a monument to his memory, erected in 1884, when his 
remains were removed from Tunis, Africa, and deposi- 
ted there. The remains of many other distinguished 
men rest in this Cemetery. Thompson's dupont. 

From this point along Road St., " Georgetaivn Heights,^^ a short walk will 
bring the tourist to the //ig/i Service Rtsenoir, capacity, 1,000,000 gallons, 
fed by the pumping engines at the Washington Aqueduct Bridge. 

Thence walking S along High St, to 3d (P) St., the cars will carry him I0 
35th (Fayette) St., on the n. w. cor. of which stands the Convent and 
Academy of the Visitation, ( Roman Catholic), founded in 1 799. The Academy 
is open to visitors on Wednesdays and Saturdays after 12 m,, Entrance from 
35tb (Fayette) St, In the Vault of the Convent rest the remains of a daugh- 
ter of Gen. Winfield Scott, a religieuse of the order. 

From the Academy, a short walk of one square S. to 2d (O) St., and thence 
three squares E., will lead the tourist to Georgetoivn College, a fine stone 
structure of the pointed style. 

After leaving the College, the tourist should return to 36th (Lingam) St., 
and thence proceed S. to M (Bridge) St, From the Neiv Iron Bridge ^ 
built 1887-8, he will have a good view of the extensive Coal Chutes and the 
Shipping of West Washington. West Washington, or Georgetown is the 
Port of Entry of Washington. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which ter- 
minates here, before the destructive freshets of 1889 brought coal from Cum- 
berland, the entrepot of the Western Maryland and W. Virginia Coal Fields, 
to tide water, a distance of 182 m. This Canal, commenced in 1828, 182 m. 
long, cost $13,000,000, and was one of the finest works of the kind in the 
U. S. 

The tourist should now take the W. and G R, R. on M (Bridge) St. at 
32d (High) St. and return to the city, viewing the objects of mterest 
on either side ot the route. (Continued on P. 61.) 




6o WEST WASHINGTON. 



WEST WASHINGTON. 

fF the suburbs of Washington, the old Maryland borough of George- 
lOWN, now known as West Washington, is the most important 
It is separated from the Capital by Rock Creek. It lies at the head of 
navigation on the Potomac River and nestled in the beautiful hills at 
the foot of the Little Falls of that stream presents a picturesque appearance. 
Its population in 1880 was 12,578. This is made the initial ox starting point 
of this complete tour of the magnificient governing City of the Nation. 

In order to reach Washington the tourist, having visited the places of 
interest in this portion of West Washington, (Geo'c'n), including the Post- 
office and Custom House, a granite edifice, may take the horse cars of the 
Washingtoji and Georgitown R. J\., which start at High (32) St., v\\, and 
thence proceed E. on Bridge (M) St. 

Should the tourist desire to visit the Boat Houses, he will not take the cars 
at this point, but proceed by Hiqh (32d) St., crossing the Chesapeake and 
(-)hio canal by a stone bridge, and passing the Grace P. E. Ch. on the 1., to 
the fine Boat Houses of the Columb a and one square W , of the Poto- 
mac Boat Clubs. The janitor will show visitors through the buildings, which 
are complete in all their appointments and well worthy of a visit by persons 
interested in aquatic sports. The Analostan Boat House may be seen fur- 
ther down the river shore. Just above in the Potomac channel, is the "finish" 
of the National Boat Course. 

P>om the Columbia and Potomac Boat Houses, the tourist would do well to 
.return to Bridge (M) St., and i( ence visit the Washington Aqueduct 
Bridge, by proceeding along Bridge to Green (29th) St., to the Fountain, 
where he will leave the line of the car track and by a direct and short course 
reach the point desired. This symmetrical structure spans Rock Creek and 
carries the water supply of Washington over that stream from the great mains 
on the West Washington side, through two 48 in. iron pipes to the Washing- 
ton side, the pipes forming an arch of 290 ft. span which supports a road- 
way and connects Washington and West Washington. At the foot of the W 
abutment are the pumping engines used for supplying the High Service 
Reservoir. This may be visited by permission obtained 

at the Aqueduct office, at the W. end of the bridge. 

The view from this bridge overlooks the terminal locks and basins of the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Wharves and Potomac River; and 
the narrow and deep ravine through 'vhich Rock Creek finds its way from 
the picturesque hills of the interior, to the Potomac. The iron truss 
bridge near by connects M with Bridge (M) St., n. w., and is used by the 
W. & G. line of street cars. A short walk along Pa. Ave. will bring the 
tourist back to the line of cars. 

Stref.t Car Route.— West Washington to Washington Statue. 
Should the tourist not desire to specially visit the objects of interest men- 
tioned, he will take the street cars at any point on Bridge (M)St., and in 
crossing Rock Creek, view the Washijigton Aqueduct and Bridge on tlie S. 
from the cars. The same view of the valley of the stream will also be liad, 
looking N. or S. " 



WASHINGTON STATUE — NAVAL OBSERVATORV. 



6l 



{Contimied from Page 59.) 

After passing 24th St. we reach Washington Circle and Statue. Here 

the tourist may leave the cars to take 
a view of the colossal Equestrian 
Statute of General George Wash- 
ington, by Clark Mills, ordered in 
1853, and cost $50,000. 

Ihe tourist at Washington Circle 

has the option of returning to the cars 

and continuing along Pa. Ave. to the 

5^gf; group of points of interest in the 

45^^^ vicinity of the Executive mansion, or 

} :^;|^;; by a short detour afoot, can visit the 

"^ Analostan Boat House (See P. 60) 

^ and Naval Observatory. 

Arriving ai the gate, enter the 

Observatory grounds and proceed 

to the N. door, or main entrance 

^ _ _ ^^^^ (open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.) of the 

^2:^ _^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_-_I^^ main building, and touch the electric 

'^ -=-— ^ bell. The first building reached on 

mill's WASHINGTON. the E. is the Residence of the Super- 

intendent, not open to the public. The messenger in the main building will 

make the arrangements to see the many objects of interest. 





U. S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

With the aid ot the numbers which run from the central pier West, East 
and South the visitor will befer understand the explanations. 

I. Pier of brick 12' in diameter and 28' high which supports the smaller 
equatorial. The "Meridian of Washington" passes through the centre of 
this dome. The Time-ball is dropped every day at 12 M. from the mast 
and simultaneously the time is transmitted to all parts of the U. S. 

II. Office of the Superintendent. Ill and IV. Offices. V. Packing Room. 
VI. Room of the Mural Circuit and Transit. 

I^VII. Chronometer Room in which chronometers are kept and rated for the 
use of the Navy, and from which the standard mean-time is despatched to all 
parts of the U. S., in connection with the time-ball on the smaller dome. 



62 



STATUES OF THOMAS AND LUTHER. 



VIII. Library containing 13,000 vol- 
umns relating to Astronomy and kindred 
sciences. 

IX. Standard Sidereal Clock. X. 
Transit Circle. XI. Prime Vertical 
Transit. XII. Machine Shop. XIII. 
Room of Officer in charge of the great 
Eqaatorial. XVI. Sleeping apartments 
of the same. XV. The great Equatorial. 
Object glass, 26". This is one of the 
largest telescopes of the kind in the 
world. It cost $47,000. The dome 
41' in diameter and 40' high. The 
strument is run by a reaction water- 
wheel. 

XVI. Residence of the Superintendent. 
The rooms on the second fl. of the main 
buildmg are used by officers and profes- 
sors in charge of instruinents. A new- 
observatory is being erected. 

A view may be had of the River Park, 
reclaimed by the Government at a vast 
expense. At the foot of the hill the En- 
glish General Braddock, landed his troops 
preparatory to his march from Alexandria, 
Va., to the fatal banks of the Mononga- 
hela, in 1755. 

THOMAS AND LUTHER STATUES. 

Starting at New York Ave. and 15 th 
St., passing the Young Meri's Christian 
Associatioji on the 1., the cars turn N. 
into 14th St., W. At M St, is the 
Bronze Statue of Gen. George H. 
Thomas, by J. Q. A. Ward, erected 
1879 by the Society of the Army of the 
Cumberland, cost, $40,000. Immedi- 
ately N.are the Memorial Lutheran 
Church, and heroic Bronze Statue 
of Martin Luther, the German 
Religious Reformer, a replica of the 
central figure of the Luther Memo- 
rial, or Reformation Group, by 
Reitschel, at Worms, Germany, 
erected by an association of Luther- 
ans in 1884, in commemoration of 
the 400th anniversary of the Re- 
ormer's birth, Nov. 10, 1483, cost, 
with pedestal, $10,000. The cars 
continue to Boundary. The Garfield 
Hospital is at the N. end of i ith St., 
W. 



STATUE OF THOMAS. 




THOMAS AND LUTHER STATUES GOV'T PRINTING OFFICE. 



63 



THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE AND 
DEAF MUTE COLLEGE. 



The tourist desiring to visit the Government Print- 
ing Office will take the Columbia Horse Cars. This 
line begins on New York York Ave. at 15th St., W., 
After crossing 14th 
St , for points of in 
tei est along his coui se 
the toui 1st will follow 
his loute on the Mip 
At N Capitol St he 
will ilight, and on 
that street entei the 

GO"^ FRNMEM PrIN I 

ING Offici , open 
fi om 9 a m to 4 p m 
Ascend to the 2d fl 
the messenger will 
make the necessT.ry 11 
are the Pie'-s and Pi oof 
reading Rooms, 2d fl , the Composing Rooms ind 
Offices, 3d fl , theLinderv, and 4th fl Polding Room 
From the Go^ einment Piintmg Office the stieetciis 




^^^^jbJ.-^'^^^^ 



WARD S 1 HOM \S 

rangements On the 1st fl 




RtlTSCHFI 'S LUTHER 




THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



64 



DEAF AND DUMB COLLEGE ENVIRONS. 



continue E. At 7th St., n. e. the tourist may leave the cars and walk to the 
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at the N. end of that street. 
The Institution is open on Thursday for visitors to the School. It is sus- 
tained by Congress for the use of the District of Columbia and the Army 
and Navy. A Collegiate Department, open to both sexes is attached. The 
main building is of the pointed gothic style, and contains the Chapel, Lecture 
Rooms, &c. 




THE COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB — CHAPEL. 

The large buildings near by are the Dormitories, Class-rooms, &c. 

The horse cars from 7th St., E., continue to the E. Boundary of the city. 
Opposite is Graceland Cemetery, and a short distance N. on the Baltimore 
Turnpike, is Mount Olivet, Roman Catholic Cemetery. Wirz, the Ander- 
sonville Prison Keeper, is buried here. Two miles beyond is the Reform 
School, established in 1866, which occupies the site of Ft. Lincoln. The 
tourist may return by the same route or walk to Lincoln Square and thence 
return by the Metropolitan R. R. 



THE ENVIRONS OF WASHINGTON 



fHE immediate vicinity of Washington presents a number of places of in- 
terest to invite the attention of the tourist, and which, if time permits, 
should be visited before leaving the City. (See Rates of Public Convey- 
ances.) 

NORTH OF WASHINGTON. 
The regions along the northern boundary of Washington present many ob- 
jects of interest in nature and art. The country, particularly in a north- 
westerly direction, is exceedmgly picturesque. The spurs of the outlying 
foot hills of the Blue Ridge mountains impinge upon the very confines Of the 
Capital in the picturesque Heights of Georgetown, which are studded with 



soldiers' home FORT STEVENS. 



05 



many beautiful villas, some dating back to colonial times. The scenery along 
the river road of the Potomec, or along the "conduit" road on the crest o 
the hills is very picturesque. , , t. , •„ 

Leaving the city through West Washmglon and thence by the RockviUe 
turnpike in the direction of Tenallytown, or by 19th street, or over the 
densely wooded elevations of Kalorama, a drive of 20 minutes, or three 
miles, through a region beautifully diversified by hill and dale, copse and 
meadow, brings the tourist 10 "Oak View," Grover Cleveland's former sum- 
mer residence. A short distance beyond on the left is " Grassland," formerly 
Secretary Whitney's country place. 

On almost every commanding elevation may be seen some trace of the 
cordon of forts which formed the defenses of Washington during the War of 
the Rel)ellion. The map will indicate the most prominent points of interest. 
Soldiers' Home, NationalCemetery, Rock Creek Church, Bright- 
wood, Ft. Stevens, Battle Cemetery, and Mt. Pleasant.— To the Sol- 
diers' Home is the fashionable drive, particularly of a Summer evemng. 

Leaving the City by 7th St. to 
Whitney Ave., the large building 
on the hill on the r., after pass- 
ing the Boundary, is the IJaivard 
University, incorporated 1867, for 
the education of youth, (colored,) 
irrespective of color or sex. A 
Normal School is attached. The 
Ntiv Reservoir \^ just east" An- 
other outward route is by New 
York Ave. and N. CapitolSt, and 
Lincoln Ave , passing Glemvood 
Cemetery, 90 a. beautifully laid 
out, with many fine monuments. 
^E The Soldiers' Home is for 
Regulars or Volunteers who 
served in the Mexican War, and 
privates in the Regular Army. 
It was founded by an appropria- 
tion of the pillage money levied 
by Gen. Scott on the City of Mexico After entering the grounds, which 
comprise 500 a., may be seen near the buildings the heroic Statue of Gen. 
WiNFiELD ScoTT, by Launt Thompson, erected in 1874 by the Home, in 
honor of its founder, cost, $18,000. 

After viewing the fine buildings and the " Capitol Vista," leave the grounds 
by the N. gate and visit the National Military Cemetery, containing 
5,424 graves, and the granite Mei7iorial Chapel containing the remains of Gen. 
John A. Logan. Also RocK Creek (St Paul's Episcopal) Church and 
Cemetery, adjoining, the oldest in the District of Columbia, erected 1719, of 
imported bricks, and remodeled in 1868. Thence drive to BrigJitivood, and 
thence to Ft. Stevens, the scene of a severe battle and defeat of a Confed- 
erate force in July, 1864, and the nearest approach of the enemy to Washington. 
A Methodist Chuich now stands on the site. A short distance beyond is the 
Battle Cemetery where the killed were interred. I<eturn to the City by 
the road leading to the right at Brightwood, and passing through Mount Pleas. 
ant, one of the N. suburbs, enter Washington at 14th St., W. The larg 




HE SOLDIERS HOME. 



66 RESERVOIR AQUEDUCT FALLS OF POTOMAC. 



building on the hill at the head of 15th St., W.. is the Way land Seminary, 
founded in 1865, by the Baptists, for the education of colored preachers and 
teachers. 

Cabin-John and Chain Bridges, and Little and Great Falls of 
the Potomac. — The round-trip is 30 m. from Rock Creek. Leave West 
Washington by T (7th) St., to the Conduit Road, The first point, 2 m., is 
the Disb'ilmting Rerenvir, 33 a. ; capacity, 300,000,000 galls, elevat'n, 144.' 
Here the mains to the city commence, and here the 9-ft, cylindrical Conduit 
from the Great Falls of the Potomac terminates. The next point, 2 m., is 
the Receiving Reservoir, capacity, 163,000,000 galls. Resuming the drive on 
the Conduit, 3 m, distant is Cabin-John Bridge, the longest arch of ma- 
sonry, 220' with 57>^' rise, in the world. The Bridge is 400' long, cost, 
$237,000. A good dinner may be had at the hotel. The Conduit road 
continues to the Great Falls of the Potomac, the starting point of the Aque- 
duct, 8 m. distant. The entire delivering capacity of the Reservoir is 80,- 
000,000 gals, in 24 hours, cost $3,500,000. From Cabin-John Bridge, at 
the Distributing Reservoir, take the road to the r. to Chain Bridge, so 
named because the original structure was protected from the violence ot 
freshets by chains, and return by the river roa^ along the Chesapeake and 
Ohio Canal and Little Falls of the Potomac, to West Washington. 

Zoological Park. — For some years the project of a Zoological Park has 
been agitated. In June, 1888, Mr. Morrill, of Maine, in the Senate, sub- 
mitted an amendment to the sundry civil bill, appropriating $200,000 for a 
zoological park in the District of Columbia. The amendment provided that 
in order to establish a zoological park in the District, for the advancement of 
science and instruction and recreation of the people, a commission shall be 
constituted composed of the Secretary of Interior, president of the board of 
commissioners, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to estiblish 
a zoological park. The commission was authorized to inspect ihe country along 
Rock Creek, from Woodley Lane road to Klingle road, and to select a tract 
for the purposes of the park. They were authorized to purchase this prop- 
erty by condemnation or otherwise, and to lay out the park, erect buildings, 
&c. The regents of the Smithsonian were authorized to make such rules 
and regulations for the management of the park and of the property, ap- 
purtenances and collections of the park, as they might deem necessary and 
wise to secure the use of the same for the advancement of science and the in- 
struction and recreation of the people. The commission was authorized to 
call upon the director of the Geological Survey to make such surveys as were 
necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. Congress having, in 
1889, appropriated the money, the ground has been purchased and will be put 
in order. The tract comprises 166,486 at a cost of $176,128. 

For Great Falls and Cabin John Bridge. A steam packet usually 
makes regular trips during the summer season, leaving High and Canal 
streets, Georgetown, at 8 a. m. Fare, 50c. round trip. 



INSANE ASYLUM CAVALRY BARRACKS ARLINGTON. 



67 



SOUTH OF THE ANACOSTIA RIVER. 
Anacostia and the Government Hospital for the Insane. — This 
trip may be very conveniently made afoot. Take the W. and G. R. R. to the 
Navy Yard, and there get a transfer ticket on the Anacostia and Potomac 
R. R. and cross the Navy Yard Bridge to Anacostia, and within I m. of *!.^ 
Asylum. The Government Hospital for the Insane, (visiting days, 
Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p. m., and friends of patients every day except Sun- 
day,) was founded in 1855. The main building, 75o'x20o', occupies a com- 
manding site overlooking the two rivers and the City, and has 550 single 
rooms. The W. wing is for males, and the E. for female patients. There 
are accommodations in all the buildings for 1,000 patients. 




government hospital for the insane. 
SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER. 

Ft. Myer, Arlington and National Cemetery. — These places, open 
every day from sunrise to sunset, can be easily reached afoot by those choos- 
ing this means of visiting them, by taking the W. and G. R. R., to the 
Georgetown Aqueduct. There is a fixed charge of $5 for carriages. 

After crossing the Iron Bridge at the Aqueduct, take the militiry road to 
the r. following the army teleg aph line to Ft. Myer, i m. This is the sta- 
tion of the cavalry of the garrison of Washington. Pass through the Fort 
and follow the road leading to the rear gate of the National Cemetery. 
The main drive will lead to Arlington House. This was the home of G. 
W. Parke Custis, the adopted son of Gen. Washington, and later of Robert 
E. Lee, after i86r. Commander of the Confederate Forces in the Rebellion 
of i86i-'5. There are buried here over 16,000 soldiers. In front of the man- 
sion is the grave of General Sheridan. To the north are other officers buried. 
The granite sarcophagus, S. of the mansion, contains the bones of 2,111 un- 
known soldiers. The Superintendent will give further information. From 
the Mansion return to Washington by Long Bridge, or by direct road back 
to West Washington. The latter being nearer. The entire distance by this 
route, is 3^ m. 

THE POTOMAC RIVER TO MOUNT VERNON. 
Mount Vernon. — The Home and Tomb of George Washington, may be 



68 



THE POTOMAC TO MOUNT VERNON. 




THE MANSlUxN, (iooking louaius Uie river.) 
reached by steamer leaving the 7th St. viharf every day except Sunday, at 10 
a.m., returning at 3.30 p. m.; Fare, $1.00. 5^>»?"V 

After passing the Washington Barracks and the - "**^' 

mouth of the Anacostia the steamer touclies at the 
old Virginia City of Alexandria, passes the Light 
House at Jones' Point, the site of the corner 
stone of the boundaries of the D, C, planted in 
1791, touches at ft. Foote, Maryland, an aban- 
doned earth-work of the War of the Rebellion, 
■1861-65, ^"d Ft. Washington, an old time stone 
case-mated work, and thence to Mount Ver- 
non on the opposite side of the river. Distance, 
14 m. The competent Superintendent of the 
place will explain all points of interest. 

The 7nanswn is of wood, 96' long. The center 
was erected by Lawrence, half brother to the Gen 
eral, and the wings were added by the General, and 
named after Admiral Vernon, of the British Mavy, 
under whom Lawrence Washington served. 

The Mount Vernon Ladies' Asiociatioti of the 
Union, incorporated 1859, purchased the mansion 
and contiguous grounds, 200 acres, for $200,000, 
and has restored and preserved them as nearly 
as practicable as in the days of their great propri ^. 
etor. In 1887 Jay Gould contributed the money ^^S^v ~t \ i 
for the adjoining tract, 33/4 acres on the north. *5j-Ci/^^tr^ 
The original tract embraced 7,600. 

Within the buildings the rooms have been ap- 




TOMB OF WASHINGTON. 



MOUNT VERNON. 



69 



propriately fitted up, and relics or other remembrances of Washington placed 
in them. 

On the second floor, at the south, is the room in which Washington died 



1. 

& Batchcn 
3< Servants Hall. 
4v Dsaiy- 
&. tjssssSxy- 

6. Smote jBoTisp. 

7, Clorkife Office^ 

Bi GaScnei:^8HDn5er 
a BaltHotraB. 
ID, Weavinj 



12. Ncv7 Ice House. 
IS. Servants Qjiattets, 

14. Green House* 

15, Scivanis Quaners. 
IS. W0W Green Ilonsci 
17. IS. Seed Houses, 
V>. Old Iw Uond&r 

l< Bavn. 
SborSL Com Ilonsc, rncw".) 



\l-2'l 




onfl Harness Making 22, Summer House «ndVflilIt 
23. Old Tonib, 

1 New-TomK 
2-5. VcgcraW&Garifflnu 
26, tlo^verCarilBn. 

ii7. L(i\ui, . 

28. Front Lasm, lZ» 

Wonumeut to J, ^, "Washf 
ington. 
80. Monument la Ju3ge Wflfih- 
jngton and wife.. 

31. Moiiumenl I0 Mrs. Comad. 

32. JWonnmenlloEIeanorParke. 
Lewis. 



of iha |,Tounds aroandfhe 

MIVERNON MANSION 

with Ibcnames offheSuildujgs 

asuseiLta. 

C' ]Yhsfun(jlons time' 



POTO M^ C 



Dec. 14, 1799. The simple bed is the same from which the soul of Wash- 
ington took its flight to the eternal world. Mrs. Washington died two years 
after in the room directly above. The other rooms assigned to the States 
are also objects of absorbing interest. The view from the cupola is very fine. 

MOUNT VERNON AVENUE. 
A movement is on foot to build a memorial highway, 200 feet wide, from 
the Nation's Capital, beginning at the proposed Memorial Bridge, at the foot 
of New York Avenue, or the New Iron Bridge, West Washington, to the 
home and tomb of W^ashington, a distance of 14 miles. In 1888, the Virginia 
Legislature granted art'cles of incorporation and gave the corporation the 
privilege to ask the return of the $120,000 granted by the State of Virginia 
in 1790 for the erection of public buildings in the Federal city, in considera 
tion of its location on the Potomac, and to be used in carrying out the work. 
The roadway is to be 60' width 70' on either side for parking and orna- 
mentation. The points of interest along the route would be, Arlington 
House, National Cemetery, Alexandria, to Mount Vernon, making a drive 
of 2j4, hours. Returning to Alexandria take the ferry back to Washington. 



70 DIRECTORY FOR STRANGERS, 



GENEKAL I]SrFOEMATIO:N^. 

RAILROADS: The traveling public have every facility for reaching every 
part of the United States by railroad from Washington. 

Pennsylvania Route: Charles E. Pugh, General Manager; J. R. Wood, 
General Passenger Agent; George W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger 
Agent, Philadelphia; Robert A. Parke, Passenger Agent, South Eastern 
District, Washington, D. C. 

It is well known to the traveling public that this route combines all the 
comforts, conveniences, and securities against accidents known to American 
railroads. The terminal facilities have been perfected, relieving passengers 
from all delays and anoyances. The route also runs through the most popu- 
lous, interesting and pictu>esque section of the United States. Baggage 
checked from hotels and residences to destination. Through tickets, baggage 
checks, sleeping-car berths, and reserved seats in Parlor Drawing-Room cars 
may be had at the corner Thirteenth St., and Pennsylvania Ave., and at Sta- 
tion Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, corner Sixth and B Streets. 

In effect Jan. 9th, 1889. Through trains leave Washington, from station, 
corner Sixth and B streets, as follows : 

For Pittsburg and the W est, Chicago Limited Express of Pullman Vesti- 
buledCars, at 10 50 a. m., daily; Fast Line, 10.50 a. m. daily, to Cincinnati and 
St. Louis, with sleeping cars from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, Harrisburg car to 
St. Louis; daily, except Saturday, to Chicago, with sleeping car Altoona to 
Chicago, and 3.30 p. m. daily. Western Express, at 7.40 p. m. daily, with 
sleeping cars Washington to Chicago and St. Louis, connecting daily at Har- 
risburg with through sleepers for Louisville and Memphis. Pacific Express, 
10.00 p. m. daily, for Pittsburg and the West, with through sleeper to Pitts- 
burg, and Pittsburg to Chicago. 

For Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara, 10.00 p. m., daily, 
except Saturday, with sleeping car Washington to Rochester, and Elmira at 
9.50 a. m. daily, except Sunday. 

For Mew York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and the East, 7.20, 8. [O; Phila- 
delphia only, 9 00, 11.00, and 11.40 a. m. 2.50, (Boston without change,) 4.10, 
10.00, and II 20 p. m. On Sunday, 9.00, II.40 a. m., 2.50, 4.10, 10.00, 
and 11.20 p. m. Limited Express of Pullman Parlor Cars, 9.40 a. m. daily, 
except Sunday, and 3.45 p. m. daily, with dining car. 

AH through trains connect at Jersey City with boats of Brooklyn Annex, 
affording direct transfer. 

For Richmond and the South, 4.30, 10.57 a. m. daily, and 6.21 p. m. daily, 
except Sunday. 

The New York and Chicago Limited embraces vestibule sleeping, dining, 
drawing-room and smoking room cars, the most superb and luxurious railway 
coaches ever built. The vestibule feature renders the train practically one 
elongated car, through which passengers may pass with the utmost ease and 
freedom. In the perfectly appointed restaurant meals are served at $i from 
bills of fare representing all the substantial and delicacies of the season. 
The porter will furnish bill of fare and notify when order is ready. The 
smoking car is furnished with every comfort, card-tables, chessmen, checkers, 
etc., and for free use a well stocked library and desk supplied with note papers 
envelopes, pen and ink, etc. A complete barber shop and bath room perfect 
the convenience of the train. Extra fare tickets, including a double berth in 



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sleeping car or seat in section of same, from Washington to Pittsburg, $3 00 ; 
Chicago, $7 50, and Cincirnati, $4 50. Proportionate rates between other 
stations. 

Cong} essional Limited, Washington to New York, |2 35, extra. 

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Trains, Vestibuled, Limited, daily for 
Chicago, and North West, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Pittsburg and 
Cleveland. Frequent trains for Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. See 
public advertisements for details and time of trains. 

STEAMERS: For Mount Vernon: The fully equipped steamer W. W. 
Corcoran or Charles McAlester leaves Seventh street wharf daily (except Sun- 
day) for Mt. Vernon and river landings as far down as Glymont at 10 o'clock 
a. m. Returning, reaches Washington about 3.30 p. m. L. L. Blake, captain. 

For Marshall Hall. Steamer W, W. Corcoran leaves at 10 a. m. for 
Marshall Hall, reaching Washington at 4 p. m. Sundays, three trips during 
the summer months, leaving at 10.30 a. m., 2 30 and 5.30 p. m., reaching 
Washington at 2, 5, and 9.30 p. m. Special trips by public announcement. 
First-class cateringin dining room at the hall. Joseph C, McKibben, Manager. 

From Washington and West Washington at stated intervals for points on 
the Potomac river, Chesapeake bay to Baltimore and Norfolk and Ocean lines 
to Philadelphia, New York and Boston. (See public prints for departure.) 

VEHICLES FOR HIRE: The rates of fare established by law, for the 
vehicles mentioned, in the District of Columbia are: 



Hacks. 



By the hour. 

For one passenger or two passengers, for the first hour 
For each additional quarter of an hour or part thereof 
Provided, That for multiples of one hour the charge 

shall be at the rate per hour of 

For three or four passengers, for the first hour 

For each additional quarter of an hour or part thereof 
Provided, That for multiples of one hour the charge 

shall be at the rate per hour of 

By the trip. 
By the trip of fifteen squares or less, for each passenger 

For each additional five squares or part thereof 

Provided, That for multiples of fifteen squares the 

charge shall be at the rate, for each fifteen squares, of 



5 a. m. to 
12.30a.m. 



$0 75 
20 

75 
I 00 

25 
I 00 



12,30 a.m. 
to 5 a. m. 



$1 00 
25 

I 00 
I 25 

35 

I 25 

40 
15 

40 



Two horse hacks, for four persons, may charge $1 50 for the first hour and 
25 cents for each extra quarter hour. If dismissed outside the city 25 cents 
additional. In case of an over charge complain police station. 

The usual rates for special excursions in the vicinity of the city are : 

To Arlington, $5; The President's Farm, $5; or both in one trip, $8 
Soldiers' Home, $5; Brightwood, $5; or both $8. Insane Asylum,' $1:* 
Cabin John Bridge, $10; Great Falls of the Potomac, $20. Large excur- 
sions special rates by agreement. 

PLACES OF AMUSEMENT: 
south of Penna. Ave. 



Albaugh's Opera House, Fifteenth st. 



72 DIRECTORY FOR STRANGERS. 



Bijou Theater, Ninth and C sts., south of Penna Ave. 
Lincoln Music Hall, D and Ninth sts., N. W. 
New National Theater, E, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth sts. 
Washington Riding Academy, Twenty-second and P sts. 
SOCIETIES: Grand Army of the Republic; Hall, Penna. Ave., between 
Fourteenth and Fifteeenth. 

Masonic Temple, corner Ninth and F sts., N. W. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, Seventh st. W., between D and E North. 'j;--, 

Supreme Council F. A. M., corner Third and E sts. 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Masonic Temple. 
Young Men's Christian Association, 14 New York avenue. 
CLUBS: Capital Bicycle, Fifteenth, between D and E sts. 
Cosmos, (literary and scientific,) H and Fifteen-and-a-half sts. 
Cycle, (bicycle,) Twelfth, between K and L sts. 
Jefiferson, H, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth sts., South-side. 
Metropolitan, H and Seventeenth sts. 

CHURCHES: The following are the representative places of worship oi 
each denomination, situate in ihe northwest quarter of the city. The hours 
of services are usually ii A. M, and 7.30 p. M. 
Baptist: Calvary, H and Eighth sts. 

First, Thirteenth, between G and H sts. 
Christian (Disciples of Christ): Vermont ave., between N and O sts. 
Congregational: First, G and Tenth sts. 
Episcopal, Protestant: Ascension, Massachusetts ave. and Twelfth st. 

Epiphany, G, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth sts. 

St. John's, Sixteenth and H sts. 

St. Luke's, (colored,) Fifteenth, between P and Q sts. 

St. Paul's, (Rituahstic,) Twenty-third st.. South Washington Circle. 
Friend's Society (Hicksite): Meetinghouse, I, between i8th and 19th sts. 
German Reformed: First, Sixth and N sts., German services Sunday 

morning. 
Hebrew: Washington Congregation, Eighth, between H and I sts. Fri- 
days sundown. Sabbath (Saturdays) 9 A. M. 
Independent: The Tabernacle, Ninth, between B and C sts., S. W. 
Lutheran : Concordia, Twentieth and G sts. The oldest congregation in 
Washington, organized in Funkstown, 1768. 

German Evangelical, Fourth and E sts. 

Memorial, Fourteenth st. and Vermont ave. 
Methodist Episcopal: Foundry, G and Fourteenth st. 

Metropolitan, C and Four-and a-half sts. 

Mount Vernon Place, (South,) K and Ninth sts. 
Methodist, Protestant : Twelfth and M sts. 
Presbyterian: Covenant, Connecticut ave., N and Eighteenth sts. 

First, (President's,) Four-and-a-half, between C and D sts. 

New York Avenue, H, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth sts. 
Roman Catholic : St. Aloysius, N. Capitol and Q sts. "p: 

St. Augustine, (colored,) Fifteenth St., near L st. ^ 

St. Matthew's, Fifteenth and H sts. 'M 

St. Patrick's, Tenth, between F and G sts. ■^' 

SwEDENBORGiAN: New Jerusalem, North Capitol, between B and C sts. 
Unitarian: Church of All Souls, L and Fourteenth sts. 
Universalist: Church of our Father, L and Thirteenth sts. 



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